In Maine, engineers turn about 1 million scrap tires a year into lightweight highway fill; the shredded rubber stabilizes embankments built on weak marine clay

In Maine, engineers turn about 1 million scrap tires a year into lightweight highway fill; the shredded rubber stabilizes embankments built…

Discover how engineers in Maine are transforming 1 million scrap tires annually into lightweight fill for highway embankments, stabilizing weak marine clay and saving costs.

Maine buried 20,000 discarded tyres beneath a road to fight frost and spring mud, while turning a growing waste problem into an engineering…