Shredded tires for use as lightweight embankment fill

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dc.contributor.advisorHildebrand, Eldo
dc.contributor.advisorE., Hildebrand
dc.contributor.authorBragdon, Joel
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-07T20:30:12Z
dc.date.available2023-06-07T20:30:12Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.description.abstractApproximately 26 million tires are currently stockpiled in Canada each year and upwards of 240 million tires are currently stockpiled in the United States each year. The majority of these tires are taking up valuable landfill space, posing health hazards and serious fire risks. With less than five percent of tires being recycled worldwide, it is the publics responsibility to act on this continuously escalating problem. Typically scrap rubber tires are being recycled for use as fuel for energy and the for the production of rubber-based products. A possible solution which has the capability of consuming large quantities of tires is the construction of road embankments using shredded tire chips as a fill material. The objectives of this report were to test and research shredded tire chips located in the Fredericton Landfill Site for possible use as a lightweight material for embankment construction over soft and highly compressible soils.
dc.description.copyrightNot available for use outside of the University of New Brunswick
dc.description.noteBragdon, Joel (1997). Shredded tires for use as lightweight embankment fill . (Engineering Senior Report no. TGE-85 1997). Fredericton : University of New Brunswick, Dept. of Geological Engineering TGE-85 1997 1882/14324
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/34177
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
dc.subject.disciplineGeological Engineering
dc.titleShredded tires for use as lightweight embankment fill
dc.typesenior report
thesis.degree.disciplineGeological Engineering
thesis.degree.fullnameBachelor of Science in Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelundergraduate
thesis.degree.nameB.Sc.E.

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