Goodyear and Liberty Tire Recycling partnership converts spent NASCAR tires into new use as mulch and more After a few dozen laps, around the NASCAR Chicago Street Race course, race tires wear down. losing their grip and ending their useful life. “And at a certain point, that’s got to be dealt with. We came to […]

High performance recycled rubber elastomeric product makes masonry infill walls seismically resistant The Regupol INODIS system (Innovative Decoupled Infill System) is designed to protect buildings from earthquakes by preventing damage from interstory drifts, which are the horizontal displacements between floors during an earthquake. Regupol Inodis is primarily made from recycled elastomers, specifically, rubber. It utilizes […]

Modern Meadow teams up with Mercedes to create alternative leather Modern Meadow, a bio-design firm based in Nutley, New Jersey has entered a development partnership with Mercedes-Benz AG. In this context, Mercedes-Benz used Modern Meadow’s Innovera™ to develop a bio-design leather alternative for its CONCEPT AMG GT XX technology program. The aim of the partnership […]

Maryland State Highway Administration has authorized the use of recycled tire rubber in Maryland In June 2025, the Maryland State Highway Administration placed a five-mile test project using rubber modified asphalt on the northbound lanes of Maryland Route 650 (New Hampshire Avenue) in Silver Spring, MD.  While small in scale, the project marks a significant […]

The Wildcat Stadium at the University of New Hampshire has been awarded the American Sports Builders Association 2024 Outstanding Facility of the Year in the Outdoor Track category. Opened in 2016, the facility hosts the men’s and women’s teams. Recent upgrades were necessary to replace the track and ensure NCAA compliance. The full-depth track reconstruction […]

Studies outline simple, cost-effective turf maintenance practices and perimeter containment systems A pair of newly released studies from European experts in the United Kingdom and Denmark looked into the safety of artificial turf using recycled rubber— in particular, how often the infill escaped containment. Both studies came to a similar conclusion: crumb rubber infill is […]

National competition too showcase cutting-edge asphalt innovations at NCAT The National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University (NCAT), the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Cold-Weather Pavement Testing Facility (MnROAD) have launched the NextPAVE Challenge, a national competition to identify, evaluate and advance innovative pavement technologies ready for full-scale […]

Kirkland, Washington-based material solutions provider Prism Worldwide has  announced a trio of groundbreaking innovations poised to transform the recycling and sustainable materials industries. The company has made key advancements in odor reduction, sustainable thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPV) development, and high-content Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) reuse, three challenges long considered barriers to wider adoption of recycled […]