Recycling car tyres into roads or car parks

Tarmac's Rubber Modified Asphalts incorporate ground rubber end of use car tyres, enabling rubber from around 500 tyres to be recycled per kilometre of road. This helps to reduce the 120,000 tonnes of rubber waste exported from the UK annually. Rubber Modified Asphalts use proven Ultilow warm mix asphalt technology and are manufactured and laid at lower temperatures. This results in a typical 8-10% reduction in carbon emissions. 

In this case, the client, Warwickshire County Council was also concerned to minimise the emissions and environmental impact of these schemes in line with their sustainability strategy. 

Warm mix asphalts also offer proven gains in productivity, needing less time to reach trafficking temperatures. This allows more work to be completed within a given operating window for fast, efficient resurfacing and less disruption to traffic. 

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