Latest Tire recycling Stories
ATLANTA, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia state Rep. Randy Nix (69(th) District) and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will hold a news conference to celebrate the result of efforts to amend the state's road construction specifications to include recycled tire rubber as an alternative to conventional oil-based polymers for asphalt production. That move last year paved the way for the DOT to collaborate with a number of construction companies, including Reeves...
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America, and Bridgestone Americas, the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company, will highlight the innovative benefits of rubberized asphalt on February 27, 2013 with an event called "Recycle NASHVILLE: 2013." The event will be held at Bridgestone Americas' headquarters (535 Marriott Drive, Nashville) and will...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America, is pleased to announce that the company recently received recognition for the donation of its tire collection and reclamation services to The Arts Exchange, an Atlanta-area community center. The center gave Liberty Tire Recycling top honors at its first volunteer appreciation awards ceremony, held at the center in late October 2012....
ATLANTA, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) today announced the results of a study evaluating the role of ground tire rubber powder in asphalt mixture performance. Debunking a common industry belief, the study indicates that the asphalt manufacturing process, whether cryogenic or ambient, does not impact the performance of the rubber material or, ultimately, the asphalt. "We are optimistic that the study findings will accelerate the use...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America, has signed an agreement with The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ), the largest worldwide airport general use car rental brand, to recover and recycle scrap tires from all of the rental agency's locations in the United States. It is the first agreement of its kind in the car rental industry and will result in the collection and recycling of more than...
PARK RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) and Liberty Tire Recycling today launched the first nationwide tire recycling program in the U.S. car rental industry. Liberty Tire Recycling is the largest tire recycling company in North America and converts used tires into rubber feedstock and other materials that can be used for a wide variety of eco-friendly products and services. Hertz will leverage Liberty's nationwide service to collect its used...
DENVER, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year Coloradoans generate approximately 4 million waste tires and roughly 3 million are properly recycled. The other million are sitting around in garages, or worse, in landfills. Recycling tires significantly reduces the amount of waste placed in landfills and Big O Tires is doing its part. One Hundred percent of the tires that Big O Tires collects are repurposed into useful construction products like playground mulch. You can do your...
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America, recently removed hundreds of used tires from the infield of Kansas Speedway that were left over after the construction of a new road course at the NASCAR facility owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. The tires had been stockpiled for use as soft walls on the road course. All of the tires Liberty Tire Recycling collected will be...
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America, will highlight the innovative applications and benefits of rubberized asphalt on August 15, 2012 with an event called Recycle WISCONSIN: 2012. Held at the Modified Asphalt Research Center (MARC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Engineering Centers Building, Room 1025, 1550 Engineering Drive), the program will gather transportation and...
PITTSBURGH, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America, has announced the company will donate its Pinnacle Rubber Mulch and SMARTE playground surface system to KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to saving play for America's children. The donation, which includes 8,200 square feet of Pinnacle Rubber Mulch for landscaping and 4,400 square feet of SMARTE playground safety surfacing, will be...
