Indy Parks and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) developed a partnership in 2004 to create a new environmentally friendly asphalt surfaces.  These surfaces have been created using a mixture of asphalt and recycled tires grounded into crumbs.  Once all surfaces have been completed, it is estimated that over 5,500 tires, that would have otherwise be lost forever in landfills, will be put to positive use in recreational places.  For more information on the benefits of recycling wasted tires, see the Waste Tire Recycling Benefits Brochure.

Here is the list of sites where waste tire recycling projects have been or will be used in the future:

Completed
Haughville Park – 2 basketball courts –2005
Marott Park – parking lot – 2006

In Progress
Bertha Ross Park – basketball court – summer 2007
Denver Park – basketball court – summer 2007
Douglass Park – basketball court – summer 2007
Fall Creek and 30th Park – 2 basketball courts – summer 2007
Garfield Park – 8 tennis courts – summer/fall 2007
Hawthorne Park – basketball court – summer 2007
Pride Park – basketball court – summer 2007