Facts About Asphalt:

• Recycling asphalt roads saves North American taxpayers more than $300 million each year.
• Approximately 330,000 people in North America are employed by the asphalt industry.
• Ninety-four percent of the roads in North America are paved with asphalt.
• Eighty percent of old asphalt pavement removed each year is re-used.
• Asphalt pavement is the most recycled product in North America - more than newspaper, aluminum cans or glass.
• The Babylonians were the first to build roads with asphalt in 625 B.C.
• Rubber from old tires, roofing shingles and older asphalt roads can be used again in making asphalt pavement.
• You can find natural deposits of asphalt in lakes.
• Asphalt pavement was first introduced in North America in 1870.