Sustainable recycling of end-of-life tyres in civil (geotechnical) engineering applications: turning issues into opportunities in the New Zealand context

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Sustainable recycling of end-of-life tyres in civil (geotechnical) engineering applications: turning issues into opportunities in the New Zealand context

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End-of-life tyres (ELTs) are non-reusable tyres in their original form. They enter a waste management system based on product/material recycling and energy recovery or go to disposal. In New Zealand, only 30% of the 5 million ELTs produced yearly are recycled. The residual 70% of ELTs are mainly disposed of through landfill, stockpiles or illegally disposed. However, ELTs cannot be considered as a simple waste to be disposed of. If mechanically sheared into granulated tyre rubber, ELTs may fi...

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Date created

2020

Creator

Chiaro G / Tasalloti A / Banasiak LJ / Palermo A / Granello G / Rees S

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https://hdl.handle.net/10092/102456

Related subjects

end-of-life tyres / recycling and reuse of waste materials / gravel-rubber mixtures / sustainable foundation systems / Engineering / Environmental engineering / Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling / Environmentally sustainable engineering / Civil engineering / Civil geotechnical engineering

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