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The United States has a HUGE waste tire problem.  In order to help reduce this dangerous problem we are looking into the substitution of coarse rubber particles for aggregate into superpave asphalt mixtures.  We are working to determine the ideal rubber particle substitution percentage.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total ~ 300 Million Tires

 ~2.5 Million Tons

 
 

 

 

 

Scrap Tire Round-Up Photo of tire pile with dead tree tire pile
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