Rubber roads pave the way for tyre recycling as Tarmac expands asphalt range

A new rubberised asphalt which uses recycled waste tyres has been launched by Tarmac.   The leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business is the first in the UK to develop a new asphalt technology capable of recycling end-of-life tyres (ELTs) into roads.   With 40 million waste tyres produced every year in the UK, the company has created an innovative asphalt mix using granulated rubber. Tarmac estimates that it will be possible to recycle and reuse up to 750 waste tyres for every kilometre of highway surfaced with the new…

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