Rubberized Asphalt Moving Towards Environmental Sustainable Roads

Session

Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Environment

Description

In year 2017 in Kosovo, there have been 334,440 registered vehicles as this number of vehicles is growing in Kosovo, considering that the average lifetime of a tire is 3-4 years, the waste tire rubber becomes a major environmental concern. Some waste tires are retreated, some of them are incorporated in alternative uses such as for resource, energy and other reasons, the majority added to stockpiles, landfills or illegal dumps and are considered scrap. Unfortunately, in Kosovo still some areas are burning tires in the production of lime by the method of small craft kilns releasing into the environment various pollutants such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, dust and soot which are very dangerous for human health. Therefore, tire recycling in the Republic of Kosovo is an immediate need. In an effort to clean up old stockpiles of used tires, the Institutions, Agencies and or NGO’s should evaluate and promote the recycling of discarded tires to modify asphalt mixtures and use it in roads construction. There is a lack of dissemination of information regarding properties and performance of these surfacing alternatives, why rubber modified asphalt mixes have not achieved widespread use in our country. The performance of reclaimed rubberized asphalt pavement and the environmental impact thereof is the focus of this study.

Keywords:

Environment, Scrap Tires, Recycle, Rubberized asphalt, etc.

Session Chair

Hazir Çadraku

Session Co-Chair

Visar Krelani

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-550-19-2

Location

Pristina, Kosovo

Start Date

26-10-2019 3:30 PM

End Date

26-10-2019 5:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2019.208

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Rubberized Asphalt Moving Towards Environmental Sustainable Roads

Pristina, Kosovo

In year 2017 in Kosovo, there have been 334,440 registered vehicles as this number of vehicles is growing in Kosovo, considering that the average lifetime of a tire is 3-4 years, the waste tire rubber becomes a major environmental concern. Some waste tires are retreated, some of them are incorporated in alternative uses such as for resource, energy and other reasons, the majority added to stockpiles, landfills or illegal dumps and are considered scrap. Unfortunately, in Kosovo still some areas are burning tires in the production of lime by the method of small craft kilns releasing into the environment various pollutants such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, dust and soot which are very dangerous for human health. Therefore, tire recycling in the Republic of Kosovo is an immediate need. In an effort to clean up old stockpiles of used tires, the Institutions, Agencies and or NGO’s should evaluate and promote the recycling of discarded tires to modify asphalt mixtures and use it in roads construction. There is a lack of dissemination of information regarding properties and performance of these surfacing alternatives, why rubber modified asphalt mixes have not achieved widespread use in our country. The performance of reclaimed rubberized asphalt pavement and the environmental impact thereof is the focus of this study.