Bioasphalt is an asphalt alternative made from non-petroleum based renewable resources.
These sources include sugar, molasses and rice, corn and potato starches, natural tree and gum resins, natural latex rubber and vegetable oils, lignin, cellulose, palm oil waste, coconut waste, peanut oil waste, canola oil waste, dried sewerage effluent and so on.[1] Bitumen can also be made from waste vacuum tower bottoms produced in the process of cleaning used motor oils, which are normally burned or dumped into land fills.[2]
Non-petroleum based bitumen binders can be colored, which can reduce the temperatures of road surfaces and reduce the Urban heat islands.[3]
^"Asphalt compositions and products comprising tall oil derived materials, and methods for making and using same".
^[1] Archived July 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^"Basic Information | Heat Island Effect | U.S. EPA". Epa.gov. 2006-06-28. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
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