Liberty Tire Recycling will be highlighting its
"eco-friendly, sustainable civil engineering
solutions” at a Dec. 14 all-day event called
"Recycle Salt Lake City."
Held at both the Little America Hotel on South
Main Street and at Liberty’s Beck Street
facility, the dual-session program will gather
transportation and environmental professionals,
civic leaders and policy-makers together so that
they can learn more about new applications for
recycled rubber, including rubber modified
asphalt.
“With a renewed focus on community improvement
through sustainable sourcing, rubber modified
asphalt and other innovative applications for
recycled rubber create a win-win situation for
cities across the nation,” says Jeffrey Kendall,
Liberty’s CEO.
“Reusing scrap tire rubber for infrastructure
like highways can help ensure that dangerous tire
piles are a thing of the past, and also help
build a sustainable future in Salt Lake City and
across the nation,” he points out.
A morning session will focus on scrap tire
collection processes with a presentation called
“Ecosystem: Salt Lake City” and a tour of the
company’s recycling facility.
In the afternoon, a technical session at the
hotel will focus on rubber modified asphalt for
civil engineering applications. Along with
Liberty executives, an expert from the Rubber
Pavements Association will join the dialogue with
a presentation focused on experiences with rubber
modified asphalt.
“We encourage engineers and road maintenance
supervisors to take rubberized asphalt
specifications from this event and put them into
practice in Salt Lake City to help save money
without sacrificing performance,” Kendall
says.
Several elected officials are expected to attend
the invitation-only conference.
For more information, visit www.libertytire.com.
