ASTM Works on Specs for Turning Tires into Asphalt Products
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A growing need to recycle millions of tires discarded annually is the impetus for the continued development of a proposed new ASTM International specification that provides standards for converting tires into an asphalt product.
WK20240, Specification for Performance Graded Tire Rubber-Modified Asphalt Binder is being developed by Subcommittee D04.40 on Asphalt Specifications, under the jurisdiction of ASTM International Committee D04 on Road and Paving Materials.