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Presti, D.L. (2016). Towards 100% recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road surface courses: binder design methodology and case studies. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 131, Pages 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.093

This article, “Towards 100% recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road surface courses: binder design methodology and case studies” (Presti,2016) elaborates on the capability of the reclaimed asphalt from the road pavement and also the issue of it not being utilize to the fullest extent. An intensive research on the reclaimed asphalt was conducted to showcase that with the aid of adding rejuvenator into the mix, the road pavement can provide a better property performance by using a higher reclaimed asphalt content. Additionally, the rejuvenator can act as a control for the reclaimed asphalt properties behavior depending on the required design mix.
The assuring results are provided in a table format to showcase the enhancement of the gradual increment from the reclaimed asphalt content. The author’s main objective of this article is to influence key stakeholders to play a part in promoting sustainability by reusing more reclaimed asphalt content in the asphalt road pavement which will also benefit from its promising result. This article is extremely useful for my technical report as it fully supports the idea to recycle the reclaimed asphalt by maximizing the content. With the support from the thorough research conducted by the trained professionals, it provides a good stand that our proposed idea is credible and obtainable. Furthermore, the research has also proved that reclaimed asphalt should be a prominent alternative with its ability to accustom to different design requirements.

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