The massive amount of solid waste, especially used tires, is one of the most problematic environmental issues facing Kuwait recently. This has caused a rapid increase in the environmental pollution levels. Furthermore, Kuwait’s road network showed a weak performance against traffic loads and climatic changes recently causing the appearance of several pavement distresses. This paper enhanced the design of type III wearing coarse layer by incorporating the tire rubber into the Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) to produce the Pelletpave product. Pelletpave contains at least 20% recycled tire crumb rubber incorporated in the mix. Marshall Mix Design Method was used to prepare all required specimens. To compare Pelletpave and conventional HMA in terms of quality and cost, two asphalt mixes were prepared. The first asphalt mix contained only conventional bitumen as a binder while the second mix contained a conventional bitumen mixed with the tires crumb rubber. A ratio of 3:2.7 pellet to bitumen was selected. Three binder contents for each binder type were selected: 4.5%, 5.4%, 5.9%. To ensure the best selection of the optimum binder content, a 4th binder content was chosen for an extra trial. The 4th binder content was determined based on the test results and the air void percentage of the three initial mixes as 4.4% for the conventional bitumen and 6.4% for the Pelletpave. Using trial-and-error for the Pelletpave mix, the optimum binder content was chosen as 6%, it showed an air void percentage value of 6.7%, a stability value of 18.63 kN that satisfied the required criteria. Pelletpave mix showed a high initial cost, but it has a lower life cycle cost than the conventional mix. So, it is a cost-effective mix.

大量固体废物，尤其是旧轮胎，是科威特最近面临的最棘手的环境问题之一。这导致环境污染水平迅速上升。此外，科威特的公路网最近在交通负荷和气候变化方面表现不佳，导致出现了几处路面破损。本文通过将轮胎橡胶加入热混沥青 (HMA) 中以生产 Pelletpave 产品，增强了 III 型耐磨粗层的设计。Pelletpave 的混合物中至少含有 20% 的再生轮胎碎屑橡胶。马歇尔混合设计方法用于制备所有需要的试样。为了在质量和成本方面比较 Pelletpave 和传统 HMA，制备了两种沥青混合料。第一种沥青混合料仅包含常规沥青作为粘合剂，而第二种混合料包含与轮胎碎胶混合的常规沥青。选择了 3:2.7 的颗粒与沥青的比例。为每种粘合剂类型选择了三种粘合剂含量：4.5%、5.4%、5.9%。为确保最佳粘合剂含量的最佳选择，选择了第 4 粘合剂含量进行额外试验。第 4 粘合剂含量是根据测试结果和三种初始混合物的空隙率确定的，常规沥青为 4.4%，Pelletpave 为 6.4%。对 Pelletpave 混合物进行反复试验，选择最佳粘合剂含量为 6%，它显示出 6.7% 的空隙百分比值，18.63 kN 的稳定性值，满足要求的标准。Pelletpave 混合料的初始成本很高，但它的生命周期成本比传统组合低。因此，这是一种具有成本效益的组合。