Scotland-based MacRebur company creates pellets out of recycled plastic waste and lays roads that are 60% stronger and expected to last about ten times longer than asphalt roads. One kilometer stretch of road uses the equivalent of about 684,000 plastic bottles or 1.8m single-use plastic bags.

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image showing Scotland-based MacRebur company creates pellets out of recycled plastic waste and lays roads that are 60% stronger and expected to last about ten times longer than asphalt roads. One kilometer stretch of road uses the equivalent of about 684,000 plastic bottles or 1.8m single-use plastic bags.

therealjwalk on March 14th, 2020 at 02:20 UTC »

I'm glad they made it black still so we know it's a road

blitzkrieg9 on March 14th, 2020 at 02:26 UTC »

A source would be nice. Also, what's the catch? I'm assuming it is expensive

Alt_Boogeyman on March 14th, 2020 at 05:37 UTC »

We (Canada) have some highways done like this (most with recycled tire materials included too) and they have been fine, some would say even better performing (resistance to frost-heaving, for instance). Prior to its usage, toxicity and environmental impact assessments were done and it was determined to be a relatively safe and benign product.