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    Does anyone have any ideas for an environmentally sound method of providing hard landscaping, particularly for off street car parking in a domestic setting?
    • CommentAuthorskywalker
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2008
     
    What are you criteria for environemntally sound.

    Drainage(SUD)/materials/visual

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    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2008
     
    Any recycled material?
    • CommentAuthorTheDoctor
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2008
     
    in the sense that it is recycled, crushed asphalt road surface scrapings are usually pretty cheap.
    My neighbour bought one 16 ton lorry load for £100 (£5 / ton + delivery) and got a second for free three weeks later when a contractor was trying to shift it and avoid landfill charges)

    If it is going to landfill, then your driveway is a far better place, even if it is not the greenest material to start with.
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    The approach we are taking to this project is to use natural / low embodied energy materials/products as far as possible. The site is in the North of Scotland so we would ideally like something locally sourced. Although a recycled high embodied energy material is always better than something produced for the project, it would be good if there was something which was inherently low in embodied energy. I think this question extends beyond this project. If we are to continue building roads, are we happy to do it using the current range of materials?

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