2011 Environmental Product Guide - Sea Grant College Program

Transportation ProductsReturn to Table Of ContentsChannelizers, Delineators, and Flexible Delineators 16ChannelizersDelineatorsProduct Material Postconsumer Content (%)Total Recovered MaterialsContent (%)Plastic 25-95 25-95Rubber ** (base only) 100 100Plastic 25-90 25-90Rubber (base only) 100 100Steel * (base only)166725-30100Flexible Delineators Plastic 25-85 25-85Parking Stops 17Transportation Products (cont.)Material Postconsumer Content (%) Total Recovered Materials Content (%)Plastics and/or Rubber 18 100 --Concrete Containing Coal FlyAsh 19 -- 20-40 3Concrete Containing GroundGranulated Blast Furnace Slag(GGBF)-- 25-70Traffic BarricadesMaterial Postconsumer Content (%) Total Recovered Materials Content (%)Plastics (HDPE, LDPE, PET) 80-100 100Steel * 166725-30100Fiberglass -- 10016EPA’s recommendation does not preclude a procuring agency from purchasing channelizers, delineators, or flexibledelineators manufactured from another material. It simply requires that a procuring agency, when purchasing these itemsmade from rubber, plastic, or steel, purchase them made with recovered materials when these items meet applicablespecifications and performance requirements.**See page 138 for reference*See page 138 for reference17Transportation products containing recovered materials must conform to the Manual on Uniform Highway Traffic ControlDevices used by the Federal Highway Administration, as well as other applicable federal requirements and specifications.18Parking stops made with recovered plastics may also include other recovered materials such as sawdust, wood, orfiberglass. The percentage of these materials contained in the product would also count toward the recovered materialscontent level of the parking stops.19Generally, 20 to 30 percent, but could be up to 40 percent. Fifteen percent when used as a partial cement replacementas an admixture in concrete.131