Plastic bottles are recycled into jeans ... is said to require less maintenance than asphalt and could withstand greater extremes of temperature– between -40°F and 170°F.

In 2018, media reports and social networks began generating an interest in the possibility of using recycled plastic waste in asphalt mixtures. The idea was Plastics Road, near the Dow facility in ...

Forthcoming research from NCHRP will evaluate the impact of post-consumer recycled plastic waste on the performance properties of asphalt mixtures when using a plant-mixed or dry process. As extreme ...

with recycled plastic. Bottles and wrappers are reportedly hauled to collection centers, shredded, and mixed with asphalt. At the very least, the idea floated by VolkerWessels is a promising step ...

Could plastic roads help to save the planet? And Toby McCartney's firm MacRebur has developed a road surface material made from an asphalt mix and pellets of recycled plastic. The plastic mix ...

Asphalt pavement is one of the world's most recycled materials. Its ingredients can be reused over and over, and recycling it is cheaper than making it new. But regulations often limit the ...