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EWA BEACH, Honolulu (KHON2) — Some Ewa Beach residents have been driving on a road that is partially made of recycled plastic for over two years. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android ...
But in a circular economy, you would get that material in and it would just sort of go around and around. And so, you could put it in the road and then a little bit later, you could recycle the road ...
After using recycled plastics for paving small lanes and fringe roads under a road restoration scheme, the civic body has taken the same route for major and arterial roads, an official said.
A single pellet of recycled plastic can contain over 80 different chemicals. A new study with researchers from University of ...
FILE — Hawaii Department of Transportation workers begin paving Fort Weaver Road with a mix of asphalt and recycled plastic in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Oct. 11, 2022.
Since 1990, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency responsible for ensuring food contact materials are safe, approved at least 347 voluntary manufacturer applications for food contact ...
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, save ...
About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever recycled. The city of Houston says it has an innovative new program that can recycle any ...
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has approved the use of plastic waste to extend the lifespan of asphalt pavement, and, at the same time, help address the alarming rise in plastic ...
Its newest facility could be built along Hunt Brothers Road in Lake Wales. “So we use plastic pellets and so plastic pellets will be brought into a plant or a manufacturing location, we put them ...