ABSTRACT

During the period of r e c o n s t r u c t i o n a f t e r the Second World War i t was necessary on the one hand to s a t i s f y an enormous demand f o r b u i l d i n g m a t e r i a l s and on the other to remove the rubble from the destroyed c i t i e s . The amount of b r i c k rubble i n German towns was about 400 to 600 m i l l i o n cubic metres. Using t h i s rubble made i t p o s s i b l e not only to reduce s i t e c l e a r i n g c o s t s but a l s o to c o n t r i b u t e considerably to f u l f i l l i n g the need f o r b u i l d i n g m a t e r i a l s . R u b b l e - r e c y c l i n g p l a n t s i n the F e d e r a l Republic of Germany produced about 11.5 m i l l i o n cubic metres of crushed b r i c k aggregate by the end of 1955, with which 175000 dwelling u n i t s were b u i l t ( 2 9 ) .