Concrete producers are facing increasing pressure to reduce material waste, water consumption and emissions while maintaining production requirements. TNT Materials, a Teichert Family Company, has received regional recognition for practices addressing those operational and environmental considerations at its Truckee, California, facility.
TNT Materials placed first in the Western Region of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s 2026 Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards. The award recognizes environmental measures implemented across the plant and its delivery operations.
TNT Materials manages concrete production water through an underground closed-loop recovery system. The system captures process water and suspended fines, allowing both materials to be returned to plant operations for reuse.
Mixer trucks also use chute rinse buckets designed to collect rinse water rather than discharge it. TNT Materials has maintained the voluntary practice for more than two decades.
The approach reduces the amount of process water requiring disposal while allowing recovered materials to remain within the production cycle.
TNT Materials incorporates CarbonCure CO₂ sequestration into every batch of concrete it produces. The technology introduces captured carbon dioxide into concrete during production, where the CO₂ is mineralized within the material.
The operation also runs its entire fleet on renewable diesel. According to the disclosed information, the RD100 fuel program can reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to 90%, depending on applicable fuel and lifecycle assumptions.
The Truckee operation has another long-standing environmental role in the Lake Tahoe region. For more than 20 years, TNT Materials has been the sole approved manufacturer of concrete marine buoys and fish habitat for Lake Tahoe.
For concrete producers and project owners, the recognition highlights several operational strategies that can be incorporated into ready-mix production, including water recovery, material reuse, lower-carbon concrete technologies and alternative fuels.
The combination of plant-level water management and fleet fuel changes also demonstrates how environmental measures can extend beyond concrete mix design to broader production and delivery operations.
Source: Teichert.
