Road to success paved with scrap tires? (Russell Schnormeier of Asphalt Rubber Producers Group) (Scrap Tire Solutions)

Road to success paved with scrap tires?

Russell Schnormeier has spent 30 years in the highway paving field, the last three-and-a-half as technical director of the Asphalt Rubber Producers Group in Phoenix. Before that he worked 17 years as paving materials engineer for the city of Phoenix during a time when the concept of asphalt was being developed.

Previously, he had worked as a highway paving consultant in South America and with the Wyoming Highway Department's materials section.

Schnormeier is presently considering opening a private paving consulting office in Phoenix with emphasis on asphalt paving applications.

Though Russell Schnormeier believes a large portion of the solution to scrap tire disposal is already available, he thinks the problem will …