THE WASTE TIRE PAVING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT THAMESVILLE, ONTARIO

Ontario generates over 10 million waste passenger tire equivalents per year. Some are reused but the majority go into the waste stream. In support of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment's efforts to dispose of waste tires, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation built a demonstration hot mix pavement incorporating waste tire rubber at Thamesville in 1990. The purpose of the demonstration was to confirm that a) the construction of asphalt rubber hot mix pavements is environmentally acceptable and complies with worker health and safety regulations, b) pavement containing asphalt rubber hot mix can be recycled in both the plant mix and in-place modes, c) pavements containing asphalt rubber hot mix provide equivalent performance to standard pavements. The work consisted of 6.5 km each of asphalt rubber mix and standard mix. Both mixes were produced in a drum plant and placed with conventional paving equipment. The rubber content of the mix was 2.0%. A full schedule of stack testing was carried out to determine the presence and level of a wide variety of pollutants. Testing was also carried out at the mixing and placing operations to confirm that the process was in compliance with all Ontario worker health and safety regulations. A description of the work, a preliminary performance evaluation, a discussion on the findings of the environmental and worker safety testing and a costing analysis are included in the paper. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD Abstract no. 807788.

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  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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• Authors:
  • Lynch, D F
  • NORTHWOOD, R P
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1991 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, SEPTEMBER 15-19, 1991, VOLUME 6
• Publication Date: 1991

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: C11-C26

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bitumen; Conferences; Environment; Recycling; Rubber; Tires
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 4963: Bitumen; 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 2455: Environment; 4573: Recycling (mater); 7494: Rubber; 1381: Tyre
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00631572
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• ISBN: 1-895102-38-3
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 1 1993 12:00AM