We treat sustainability as part of the technical system, not as an absolute promise. Each material decision — recycled glass, selected aggregates, reuse of the existing substrate — is applied where it brings real technical value, within Byond Canarias' circular-economy logic.
Selected Zoruflex systems integrate micronised recycled glass as part of the aggregate or finishing layer. This is especially relevant in Zoruflex Byo Eco Estabilizador, where recycled glass acts as the system's main aggregate. Integration occurs whenever the system and application allow it, without compromising the pavement's technical behaviour.
Byond Canarias' approach starts by reusing existing materials — local aggregates, on-site soils, treated glass waste — to reduce the inflow of new materials. The circular logic is applied where it makes real technical sense, not as a promotional argument.
Zoruflex's material base combines high-performance MMA binders with aggregates selected for hardness, calibre and origin. Recycled glass is integrated where the system allows, replacing part of the conventional aggregate without reducing mechanical behaviour.
In solutions like Zoruflex Estabilizado, the system uses the aggregate or soil already on site, treating and stabilising it instead of removing material and bringing in new. This logic reduces transport, waste and external raw-material consumption.
Byond Canarias develops formulas and material combinations aimed at improving pavement technical behaviour while reducing the system's material footprint. Innovation is applied product by product, validating each change before site use.
The whole Zoruflex family is developed from the Canarias, with criteria adapted to the insular environment: climate, salinity, site conditions, material availability and local technical demands. Sustainability is understood as part of a technical system, not as an added label.
FROM WASTE TO TECHNICAL AGGREGATE
Recovered glass does not go straight into the pavement: it is cleaned, crushed, graded by particle size and characterised in the laboratory before becoming a system aggregate. Each fraction has a different role within the Zoruflex family.
Mixed-colour glass cullet, recovered from waste and crushed into a coarse fraction.
Labels and fines are removed and the material is separated into clean fractions ready for grading.
Sieving into calibrated series: from coarse sand down to micronised mineral filler.
Density, absorption, particle shape and mix behaviour are checked before entering a formula.
INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY
BYOND has the capacity to select, colour and condition recycled glass, turning it into a functional, configurable aggregate for new surfaces. In the systems we develop, coloured glass fully replaces the natural aggregate fraction.
Colouring preserves the aesthetic and chromatic versatility of coloured aggregates while recovering glass and reintroducing it as a material of value.
4 GLASS GRADINGS
Its versatility allows smooth, textured, monochrome or combined finishes.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY · MATERIALS ENGINEERING
The ability to control parameters such as particle size, porosity, roughness, permeability, mechanical behaviour, chemical stability and surface interaction opens up new lines of research. These include mineral-based materials, cementitious or geopolymeric matrices, filter media, supports for biological processes, environmental restoration, green and blue infrastructures and other environmental engineering solutions. Each application must be developed through material characterisation and the corresponding technical tests.
The Waste Framework Directive and the Circular Economy Action Plan promote prevention, recycling, waste valorisation and the use of secondary raw materials. The model developed around Zoruflex follows this direction: recover glass, transform it technically and reintroduce it as a functional raw material in new surfaces. The transition to a circular economy is also part of the environmental objectives recognised by the EU Taxonomy.
We avoid absolute formulations. We work with figures from the applied system and the specific project.
Tell us the project, the context and your material objectives. We will assess which configuration best integrates recycled glass or other resources for the application.
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