The Daily Populous Saturday March 14th, 2020 day edition
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.
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.
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.