Industry Reports

Report No.	IP51(jot this number down to order)
Title	Recycling Scrap Tires In Rubber Asphalt Paving Operations Or Asphalt-Rubber, What is It and Why Should We Use It
Author(s)	Cooper, Gary L., P.E.
Publisher	ARPG
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Pages	7 pages
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Description	The ecological problems presented by landfills have included a special focus on the problems of scrap tires. Scrap tires are very difficult to bury in a landfill and, exposed, present a fire hazard and are a breeding ground for disease carrying insects and rodents. For this reason, many are looking toward a more positive method of handling scrap tiresrecycling them. One way in which scrap tires have been recycled for over twenty years is through their use in Asphalt-Rubber. Charles McDonald invented asphalt-rubber in the 1960s as a method of improving asphalt, not as a means of disposing of tires. Asphalt-Rubber has prospered because of its qualities, not because it happened to fit into the current recycling tread. This presentation is intended as an explanation of Asphalt-Rubber and its uses.
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