How many things could you make from a used tyre? If you’re thinking of a safety wall around a race track or boat and pier protection then you’re living in the past. This article will explore the extensive range of the more unique products that people have made from the once useless commodity.
Archive for July, 2009
Almost all squads of the German Football League are practising on artificial pitched by now. Despite Uli Hoeneß railing at the surface, the fact still remains that artificial turf is on the advance more and more nowadays. Stormy discussions are held on various football-panels whether the artificial turf is harming the sport or not; however Lüder Hoppe refers to many accepted arguments not bearing up to a factual and objective examination…
Two new reports by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) present the outcomes of a desk study and a laboratory test into Rubberised Asphalt (RA).The first Review - of the Use of Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt Worldwide - presents the outcome the desk study of published information on the use of RA worldwide over the last 25 years.
Continue reading ‘UK Report on crumb rubber modified asphalt takes a world view’
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation who provide more than 800 athletic fields for recreation for New Yorkers, 90 of which are made up of crumb rubber infill, have commissioned a study into the safety of these parks. The aim of the study, prompted by a recent DOHMH report entitled “A Review of the Potential health and Safety Risks from Synthetic Turf Fields Containing Crumb Rubber Infill” was…
Continue reading ‘NYC Releases Air Quality results For Crumb Rubber Modified Infill’

