On-site crushing cuts haulage on large infrastructure projects

Neel Madsen Editor, Demolition & Recycling International

21 July 2026

Two major infrastructure projects in India and Australia are demonstrating how contractors are increasingly recycling demolition and excavation material directly on site, reducing truck movements, disposal costs and the demand for virgin aggregates.


In both cases, hydraulic crusher buckets from MB Crusher mounted on excavators were used to process concrete and other demolition material for immediate reuse in the construction works.

On the six-lane Kacchi Dargah-Bidupur bridge project, demolition material generated during construction is being crushed on site and reused as aggregate. The…

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