Innovation Icon Projects Funded

TSA has funded $8 million over 50 projects through the Tyre Stewardship Fund.

Some of the projects are still in negotiation or are yet to be announced. The current projects underway are listed below.

Projects

Crumb Rubber Capacity Expansion (for Spray Seal in Qld)

The project delivers an isolated product path in order to remove the risk of cross contamination at load out of other paving...
RAP Crumb rubber asphalt mix

Develop an asphalt mix with crumb rubber and a high amount of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) suitable for local government...
CalTrans Gap Graded Technology Transfer

Project will provide Gap Graded product as specified by CALTRANS (California) to be an alternative, equivalent product...
Crumb rubber asphalt trial

This project will promote sustainable solutions for surfacing heavily trafficked roads. To do this, VicRoads will trial...
Concrete road barriers

Use of TDP in concrete barriers to improve impact resistance. This project investigates the application of waste tyre crumb...
Permeable Pavement

Field trial of permeable paving in real life loading conditions (with comprehensive instrumentation testing). The building of...
Protectiflex Pumped & Composite Blast Mitigation Project

Production of a blast and ballistic mitigating cementitious building product comprised of TDP aggregate and manufactured as...
High Shear Mobile Crumb Rubber Mixer

Purchase of a mobile plant that can mix crumb rubber asphalt for spray seal projects that cannot be feasibly serviced by...
Crumb rubber asphalt binder characterisation and specification for road pavement applications

This project provides a basis to standardise testing and classification for crumb rubber modified binders in a way that...
Dense Grade Crumb Rubber Asphalt Trial – City of Mitcham

The project will demonstrate the positive effects crumb rubber from tyres will have on the flexibility, durability and...
Equine Air Pakenham Racing Club Project

The project will provide a new benchmark for an engineered free-draining racetrack for the thoroughbred racing industry in...
Production of tyre crumb derived composite material

This project is a further iteration of the R&D project completed in the 2016/17 financial year. Based upon the successful...
Physical properties of tyre walls in residential housing construction

Physical properties of tyre walls in residential housing construction. The aim of the project is to develop resources for...
Innovative design of lightweight and structurally efficient composites incorporating crumb rubber

Upon the establishment of the structure-property relationships of the composites, the team will work with industry partners...
Transfer of crumb rubber modified asphalt and sealing technology to Queensland & WA

International studies have shown that gap graded asphalt with crumb rubber modified binders can provide improved resistance...
Development of reinforced concrete – recycled tyre bale sandwich structural wall system

This project will study the structural behaviour of precast reinforced concrete (RC)–used tyres bale sandwich wall panel...
Assessment of liquid fuel chemicals and porous material production from end of life tyres

Conversion of waste material into fuels and useful chemicals is a sustainable approach to address issues related to the...
Reinforced crumbed rubber concrete for residential construction

To demonstrate that reinforced crumb rubber concrete is an economically viable and sustainable alternative to conventional...
Tyre crumb derived Polymeric Powder / Polyolefin composite material piping

Tyre crumb derived Polymeric Powder/Polyolefin composite material piping: This project developed and tested a new injection...
A green lightweight composite panel system using recycled tyres

This project looks at the use of tyres as a low-density aggregate in lightweight concrete sandwich panels for construction....
Recycled tyre in permeable pavement applications

Investigate the suitability of using a 60% waste tyre mix in permeable pavement applications as a new storm-water management...
Developing Graphene supercomposite using end-of-life tyres

Developing Graphene Integrated Super-composite materials using end-of-life tyres. This project is looking at the utilisation...
Explore and evaluate local market development opportunities for crumb rubber asphalt in Australian roads

This project focused on the development of an evidence-based strategy to revise current VicRoads asphalt specifications to...
Transfer of crumb rubber modified asphalt and sealing technology to Queensland

This project focused on the transfer of proven crumb rubber modified surfacing technologies to Queensland in order to...
Performance of rubber-based absorbing layer (REAL) for railroad stability

This project examines the performance of a rubber-based energy absorbing layer (REAL) as a capping stratum (beneath the...
Tyre Aggregate Supplementary Material in Pavement Sub-bases

An applied research project undertaken with VicRoads and Sustainability Victoria to characterise and assess the engineering...
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