The Netherlands might trial plastic roads Plastic roads are claimed to be quieter and longer-lasting than asphalt surfaces. Sebastian Anthony – Jul 20, 2015 3:59 pm | 25 ...

Netherlands creating roads made out of your recycled plastic ... FILE-In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, a plastic shopping bag liters the roadside in Sacramento, ...

Plastic roads, it turns out, have several advantages. Recycled plastic has a dramatically lower carbon footprint than making asphalt, which is responsible for 2% of global carbon emissions.

Netherlands mulls roads made of plastic bottles Construction firm VolkerWessels plans pilot plastic paving in partnership with the city of Rotterdam. by John Bambridge July 12, 2015 07:20 AM GST July ...

A pilot program in the Netherlands is testing a bike path made from recycled plastic. The project, called PlasticRoad, uses prefabricated, modular sections made from 70% recycled plastic.

That plastic soft drink bottle you’ve stuck into your car’s cupholder as you race down the road could see new life as part of the road itself. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience ...

VolkerWessels showed off plans late last week for roads that would be made entirely from plastic. ... Now a construction company in the Netherlands hopes to improve the quality of roads and reduce ...

Roads could be laid in weeks rather than months and last much longer, it claimed. The company said asphalt is responsible for 1.6-million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year globally – 2% of all road ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers parked their tractors across key road crossings on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday in their latest protest against excessive red tape and ...

Plastic roads, meanwhile, can deliver a 20-year design life instead of 15 years for SBS-modified bitumen, cutting full-life emissions by roughly 25 percent, but only if the additive share stays ...