News – Asphalts

Ecopneus, ten years of green and circular strategy at the service of the Country: over 2.2 million tonnes of End-of-Life Tyres managed in 10 years, + 6% compared to its legal targets

Ecopneus, ten years of green and circular strategy at the service of the Country: over 2.2 million tonnes of End-of-Life Tyres managed in 10 years, + 6% compared to its legal targets

Over 700 thousand collection interventions completed at about 25 thousand tyre dealers throughout the national territory. To these, one must add the emptying of historical stocks and the extra-ordinary collection of ELTs abandoned in the territories of the Terra dei...

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More and more “green” roads in Italy: about 600 km of roads have been resurfaced with asphalts made with recycled rubber from End-of-Life tyres

More and more “green” roads in Italy: about 600 km of roads have been resurfaced with asphalts made with recycled rubber from End-of-Life tyres

The use of modified asphalts is growing. This year it has recorded a +63% compared to 2019. Modified asphalts resist potholes, they last 3 times longer than traditional asphalts, and they reduce noise and maintenance costs. All this using recycled materials.

When an innovation brings concrete benefits, its spreading knows no limits. And the figures confirm it. According to the data supplied by Ecopneus, as of today, about 600 km/lanes of roads have been created with the use of asphalts modified with rubber recycled from ELTs in Italy – a distance that could cover the distance from Rome to Milan.

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Electric mobility and “silent” asphalt with recycled materials against noise pollution: two European Projects in Italy

Asphalts: USTMA launches a research project to evaluate the environmental impact, the performances, and the advantages of asphalts modified with rubber recycled from End-of-Life Tyres.

The US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), in collaboration with The Ray - a non-profit company for sustainable transport technologies – have announced  a research project to evaluate the performances, the environmental impacts, and the advantages linked to the...

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