Pennsylvania Department of Transportation contract workers lay pavement made partially with recycled plastic at Ridley Creek State Park in Delaware County. A growing number of states are testing ...

Transportation officials in multiple states are testing whether roads made from grocery bags, juice cartons, printer ink cartridges, or other discarded plastic can make pavement last longer ...

said David Dzombak, who chaired a panel of 12 experts tasked by Congress to look into ways to recycle plastic waste into roads, railroad ties, drainage pipes, utility poles and other common types ...

Roads with these plastic beads last twice as long as those without, Beeman said. That means less maintenance and repairs are needed over a road’s lifetime, saving costs, time and energy.

Plastic Roads' is a UTA student research project that has been in the works for 3 years. The parking lot repairs are the first real-world test. "To see how it performs in real life as a parking ...

thus creating "plastic roads". The Dallas TxDOT District awarded UTA and Dr. Hossain's project nearly $1 million in grant money. TxDOT officials believe plastic roads can save them major bucks ...

According to a United Nations paper and media reports analyzed by Statista, 91 countries and territories in the world have passed some sort of full or partial ban on plastic bags. While plastic ...

neighbouring India has been leading the world in building a network of plastic roads, even making the usage of plastic waste mandatory in roads near large cities in 2015. A growing number of ...

Now, plastic is the binder and prevents water seepage. According to him, roads with plastic can be laid in all weather and temperature conditions with minor adjustments to the percentage of ...

(TNS) — Transportation officials in multiple states are testing whether roads made from grocery bags, juice cartons, printer ink cartridges or other discarded plastic can make pavement last ...