Our research team developed a two-step process to better ... transportation agencies can recycle their old pavement into a reusable material called reclaimed asphalt pavement, or RAP.

the actual recycling process can also affect performance. Significant advances in technology in the last decade have amplified the types of recycled materials that can be used in recycled asphalt.

There are various types of plastic waste and some are more suited for asphalt than others. Plastics can be incorporated into mixes in a wet or dry process. Each can be tedious and neither is ...

Plastic bottles by the side of a road are a common sight, an unseemly reminder of how often consumer products are discarded carelessly. Now some of those bottles may become part of the road.

The plastic is a key in a new process for street paving ... oil refining that is used to hold asphalt together. The system uses a machine called a “recycling train” that grinds up the top ...

Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Midland Area Community Foundation, the Midland County Road Commission will be able to purchase the equipment necessary to create an Asphalt Recycling Center ...

When roads break down and need repaving, transportation agencies can recycle their old pavement into a reusable material called reclaimed asphalt pavement ... Our research team developed a two-step ...

When roads break down and need repaving, transportation agencies can recycle their old pavement into a reusable material called reclaimed asphalt pavement ... a two-step process to better ...

(THE CONVERSATION) More than 90% of paved roads in the U.S. are made of asphalt, which is constructed with nonrenewable materials such as petroleum. One way to make paving more sustainable is to ...