05 mar 2021

NO SIGNS OF POTHOLES THANKS TO PLASTIC ROADS

Plastic roads fix the problem of potholes. Take India, for example. If you go from New Delhi to Meerut, you can travel a road that was laid using a system developed by Rajagopalan Vasudevan, a professor of chemistry at the Thiagarajar College of Engineering in India. It has replaced 10% of a road's bitumen with repurposed plastic waste.

PLASTIC ROADS IMPROVE SURFACE FLEXIBILITY

As the BBC says, "adding plastic to roads appears to slow their deterioration and minimise potholes. The plastic content improves the surface's flexibility, and after 10 years Vasudevan's earliest plastic roads showed no signs of potholes".

PLASTIC WASTE HAS BEEN USED IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION SINCE 2015

In 2015, the Indian government made it mandatory for plastic waste to be used in constructing roads near large cities of more than 500,000 people. This happened after Vasudevan gave his patent to the government for free. "A single lane of ordinary road requires 10 tonnes of bitumen per kilometre, and with India laying thousands of kilometres of roads a year, the potential to put plastic waste to use quickly adds up. So far, 2,500km (1,560 miles) of these plastic-tar roads have been laid in the country", the BBC concluded.

WITH THE COUNTER AT 1 MILLION CYCLISTS, THE PLASTIC ROAD IS READY FOR MARKET

If we move from India to Europe, we must speak about the world's first plastic bike path. It was built from recycled plastic waste in the Netherlands and recorded its millionth cyclist in late May 2020. After more than one and a half years of testing, learning and continued development into a design suited for industrial production, the technology is ready to be launched on the market. "Industrial manufacture of the PlasticRoad will start in the first quarter of 2021", annouced the company. Plastic roads are really good for everybody.



Numero visualizzazioni:855

 

Articoli che potrebbero interessarti

25 feb 2026

ABBIATI, CHIMIPLASTICA LOMBARDA: «PARADOSSO EUROPA, TROPPO CARA E REGOLAMENTATA PER ESSERE VERDE»

"Inspire new changes" è il tema che accompagna PlasticFinder nella sua evoluzione. Oggi lanciamo la nuova rubrica di interviste dedicata ai protagonisti del mercato delle materie plastiche. Iniziamo questi incontri con Paolo Abbiati, titolare di Chimiplastica Lombarda, azienda attiva nel compound di PVC e altri polimeri. Paolo Abbiati, osservando l'attuale panorama delle materie plastiche ci troviamo in un momento di forte incertezza. Quali sono i driver principali che guidano il mercato? «Le...
Continua >

In primo piano

HDPE

Naturale / Neutro

0,35 €/Kg

PS-HI / HIPS - Styrolution PS ESCRimo

Naturale / Neutro

1,57 €/Kg

PET-G

Naturale / Neutro

3,30 €/Kg

PVC-C - IJ 550

Naturale / Neutro

1,95 €/Kg

HDPE - BORSAFE ME3420

Nero

1,65 €/Kg

PA6 - TEKNAMID Q6 BK

Nero

1,89 €/Kg

PA66 - AC30

Nero

2,30 €/Kg

PP Copolymer - EXXTRAL HMU202102942

Nero

1,15 €/Kg

(PE-HD) - Lupolen 4261 AG

Naturale / Neutro

1,65 €/Kg

HDPE - Hostalen 4731 B

Naturale / Neutro

1,34 €/Kg

(PE-HD) - Eraclene MR 80

Naturale / Neutro

1,65 €/Kg

VENDI ANCHE TU ONLINE

Con PlasticFinder l'inserzione è anonima, gratuita e vieni pagato in anticipo per i prodotti venduti.

INZIA SUBITO!