Roads
Plastic waste to fix Britain’s potholes?
March 20, 2018
A British company is using plastic waste to resurface the country’s roads, and it is speculated it could provide the answer to the United Kingdom’s ‘pothole crisis.’ MacRebur, of Carlisle, in the North of England, have developed a bitumen substitute called MR6, which lab-tests show is 60 percent stronger and 10 times more durable than […]
Indian plastic waste hits the road
March 19, 2018
India is constructing its roads from waste plastic, a new video from the World Economic Forum shows. Under the system, plastic litter and waste will be collected by designated waste pickers, which is then shredded in machines that are subsidised by the country’s government. The shredded plastic is then sold to road builders. As well […]
