Presented at: The Tire Industry Conference

Civil engineering applications is a growing market for scrap tires. This includes a wide range of highway and landfill uses. In 1996, an estimated 10 million scrap tires were used in this market (STMC, 1997). By 1998, this figure had grown to 18 million tires1. The reasons for this growth are simple – tire shreds have properties that civi