The composition of the asphalt mixture making up a road can determine how safe it is for cars to drive on. Tarik Seker/iStock via Getty Images Plus More than 90% of paved roads in the U.S. are made of ...

For Green Asphalt's team, these questions have been much harder than the science behind making 100% recycled asphalt work. A Radical RAP Paradigm Shift From talking with McMurray and the Green Asphalt ...

Over the years, the practice of recycling materials has evolved. It has always seemed like a good idea, but as the number of people supporting this concept has increased, it has become more of an ...

When you think of carbon emissions related to driving, you probably think of emissions coming from your vehicle. But the road you’re driving on almost certainly also emits carbon. In its production ...

Jon Klein, the project manager at Gee Asphalt Systems, expected to hear a job proposal, but he didn’t have specifics. It was a Friday in the late summer of Ames, Iowa, in the 4.5-acre parking lots ...

The city of San Jose, Calif., has teamed with Granite Construction Co., Watsonville, Calif., to place a test section of 500 tons of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) on a section of street near city ...

EWA BEACH, Honolulu (KHON2) — Some Ewa Beach residents have been driving on a road that is partially made of recycled plastic for over two years. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The process of street repaving typically involves removing the old asphalt layer and replacing it with fresh asphalt but the progress will be different on some ...

The city Department of Transportation will soon be paving more roads with recycled asphalt. Half of the asphalt mixed by DOT paving crews will be made up of salvaged older roadway, the department ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- While the streets aren’t paved with gold in New York City, paving local roads could be getting a lot greener. As part of a new pilot program, the New York City Department of ...

Locals were finally able to unplug their noses this weekend after a Greenpoint asphalt recycling center famous for spewing ...