California City Awarded Grants to Use Recycled Tires

The California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) has awarded $300,000 in grants that will go to resurfacing roads in Chino, Calif., with material made from recycled tires, according to a report in the Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.).

The two state grants will fund the use of rubberized asphalt concrete as part of a statewide initiative to recycle used tires.

According to the report, the rubberized surfacing will be used on about four miles of road. City officials estimate that resurfacing one mile of one lane will use approximately 2,000 scrap tires.