[Greenbuilding] Crumb rubber, shredded tires for paving material.

[Chris Green]

Steve Tripp wrote:
> Has anyone used shredded tires for paving material for a driveway?  We are
> getting ready to repave and was wondering about that material.
>   

I did hear there was a company in the Vancouver, B.C. area making paving 
materials from old tires. I can't remember any details about it though.

A few years back 14 or 15-year old girl who lives in Prince George 
invented a practical way to use certain types of pelletized plastic from 
old milk jugs and such in road pavement. The City of Prince George gave 
her a street to pave to test this material, and Columbia Bitulithic, one 
of the big paving companies up there, did the heavy lifting, making the 
experimental pavement mix and placing it.
They also awarded her a full scholarship to any engineering school in 
the world she chooses to attend.

Cheers,

Chris Green.