Ground tire rubber (GTR) has made significant headway around the world for use in asphalt applications, but there still exists a limited understanding – and even a hesitation - around GTR. One company ...

HOUGHTON, Mich. — Researchers at Michigan Technological University are helping study whether building roads using asphalt mixed with rubber from ground-up scrap tires is a good idea for states like ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- To rid the city' streets of potholes, officials see potential in rubberized asphalt. Encouraged by a trial run on Staten Island, the Department of Transportation (DOT) could ...

The compound also reduces road noise, since the rubber helps absorb some of the sound that tires create just by rolling down ...

The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT), Auburn, Ala., announced the results of a study evaluating the role of ground tire rubber powder in asphalt mixture performance. The study indicates ...

The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), in partnership with the University of Missouri and The Ray, a nonprofit proving ground for sustainable transportation technologies, has published a ...

Liberty Tire Recycling, a Pittsburgh-based provider of tire recycling services, and tire maker Bridgestone Americas, Nashville, Tenn., are hosting an invitation-only event in late February designed to ...

Learn how to introduce Ground Tire Rubber (GTR, or recycled rubber) into pavement design for rubber asphalt roads. Rubberized asphalt is an innovative form of asphalt concrete. Also known as rubber ...

CLEVELAND—Rubberized asphalt is in an excellent position to be the next big growth area in the recycled rubber market, according to an industry expert at the International Tire Exhibition & Conference ...

Rubberized asphalt, the onetime pariah of state government officials and the road construction industry, is poised for a comeback—except it never was a hit in the first place. In 1991, the federal ...

The new resurfaced runway at Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport is a retread, so to speak, but that’s just fine with pilots. The 3,300-foot runway, made with asphalt rubber that contains 3,000 ...

HOUGHTON, Mich. (WWJ/AP) - Could scrap rubber hold the answers needed to fix Michigan's crumbling roads? Michigan Technological University researchers are helping study whether building roads using ...