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TEXAS TEAMS SHARE SUSTAINABLE

PRACTICES DURING MEETING WITH

MEXICAN OFFICIALS

Martin Marietta’s environmental focus was on full
display in December 2019 when Beckmann Quarry “Our aim was to show how concrete
served as the backdrop for a gathering of officials intent recovered during the demolition process
on furthering sustainable business practices along the can be crushed and reused as base material
United States’ border with Mexico. and other valuable products.”
Meeting at the San Antonio operation were
representatives from the Border Affairs Division “The main topic of our meeting was concrete crushing
of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and recycling,” Stone said. “Companies in Coahuila have
(TCEQ), the state’s environmental agency, and the been doing a great deal of demolition in recent years
Coahuila Secretariat of the Environment, a comparable and sending the material directly to the landfill, which is
department that regulates environmental matters in incredibly wasteful. Our aim was to show how concrete
the Mexican state of Coahuila. recovered during the demolition process can be crushed
and reused as base material and other valuable products.”
According to the TCEQ, the agencies have long worked Meeting participants listened to a 30-minute presentation
together to improve environmental conditions along the by Southwest Division Quality Control Manager Mark
border and, in August, signed a four-year agreement that Huffman and then toured the Beckmann facility, which
aims to “increase the exchange of knowledge, experience includes a ready mixed concrete operation.
and technology related to protecting human health and
the environment.” Senior Environmental Engineer Leslie Mackay said the
tour allowed members of the Mexican delegation to seek
Kevin Stone, environmental services manager in Martin
Marietta’s Southwest Division, worked with Central Texas clarification on some of the more technical elements of
Aggregates District Vice President-General Manager Bill the concrete crushing process.
Podrazik and Beckmann Plant Manager Jeremey Smith “We showed them the portable crusher we use to crush
to coordinate the event. the concrete and introduced them to several Spanish-
speaking members of our operations team,” Mackay said.
“It was really a great starting point that we hope provided
the group with enough information to take back to their
Members of the TCEQ and the Coahuila businesses in Mexico.”
Secretariat of the Environment learned
about concrete crushing and recycling
during a tour of Beckmann Quarry.
“Sharing a border means we share resources,
so encouraging our neighbors to operate
in an environmentally friendly way is
beneficial to everyone.”

While the event is unlikely to yield any substantial gains
from a business perspective, Mackay said the meeting was
important for other reasons.
“Sharing a border means we share resources,
so encouraging our neighbors to operate in an
environmentally friendly way is beneficial to everyone,”
she said. “Martin Marietta has developed some truly
innovative and sustainable business practices and we’re
grateful for the opportunity to share that information.”

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