A street in downtown L.A. will soon be repaved, but the road won’t be quite the standard asphalt road we’re used to. Instead, it will be covered with a material made, in part, from recycled plastic ...
Russian researchers at NCFU have created a new asphalt mixture using modified PET plastic waste. The innovation improves road ...
U.K.-based MacRebur plans to take its technology that uses end-of-life plastics in asphalt production to the U.S. The company uses the plastic to enhance and extend the bitumen binder used in asphalt, ...
Bill Buttlar, a professor at the University of Missouri, highlights takeaways in the university’s research on using recycled low-density polyethylene in asphalt paving materials. In August 2021, the ...
Dehradun, the capital city of Uttarakhand generates around 45–60 tons of plastic waste daily, considering 10–15% of plastic waste components in mixed waste of approximately 450 tonnes daily—a figure ...
Add to that the fact that anti-icing agents are corrosive to asphalt and have a negative impact on the environment and it’s clear why scientists are seeking other alternatives to combat icy roads. A ...
In August Dow Chemical Company announced the completion in Michigan of the first public asphalt road in the United States paved using a recycled plastic modified asphalt. The project, completed by ...