Tyre Pothole Repair

A Scottish road-surfacing firm has launched real-world trials of a pothole repair material built around a bitumen additive recovered from end-of-life tyres, aiming to cut road-maintenance carbon.

A Circular Additive for Bitumen

The material incorporates a bitumen additive produced from waste tyres, engineered to improve the performance of the binding agent while lowering the carbon footprint of the finished repair. Folding recycled rubber into road applications moves end-of-life tyres away from export and low-value disposal and toward a productive second life inside UK infrastructure. Tyre pyrolysis is one established route for converting these tyres into valuable outputs, and tyre pothole repair extends that same waste-to-value logic directly onto the road network.

A Government-Backed Trial

PRG Scotland is running the trials in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council under the UK Government-backed Live Labs 2 initiative, a programme focused on decarbonising local road networks. The project brings together a local authority, a national innovation scheme and industry partners to assess whether lower-carbon repair materials hold up under everyday traffic conditions. Feasibility studies are how operators test such novel materials before committing to full-scale deployment, and these live-road trials perform exactly that validation function.

Supporting Circularity and Net Zero

Beyond cutting emissions, the material advances domestic resource recovery by reducing the volume of waste tyres shipped overseas and keeping them in service across the road network. Trials of this kind test whether tyre-derived additives can help the construction sector meet Net Zero commitments while delivering repairs that match conventional performance. Alongside recovered outputs such as recovered carbon black, recycled rubber demonstrates how one waste stream can feed several low-carbon products, reinforcing the wider case for keeping tyre material inside a circular economy.

What It Means for Road Maintenance

Real-world trials are the proving ground between laboratory promise and commercial deployment. If the material performs on live roads, it strengthens the case for rubberised asphalt and tyre-derived road materials as a routine choice for councils and contractors seeking lower-carbon maintenance without sacrificing durability. Successful results would also give local authorities a domestic, circular alternative to conventional repair products. Further updates are expected as the project progresses.

Learn More:

• Tire Pyrolysis: turning waste tyres into reusable materials
• Recovered Carbon Black: a high-value tyre-derived output
• Pyrolysis Oil: recovered fuel from end-of-life tyres
• What Is Tire Pyrolysis: a market overview
• Feasibility Studies: evaluating your waste-to-value project

Turn Waste Tyres into Road-Ready Value

From rubberised asphalt to bitumen additives, end-of-life tyres are emerging as a credible feedstock for lower-carbon road construction. Klean Industries helps operators evaluate and develop tyre-derived materials that turn waste into marketable products.

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