Major report investigates plastic in roads28/11/2019 There are 'major concerns' about the potential health and safety hazards workers could be exposed to while handling recycled plastic modified binders during road construction, a new report from the top Australasian transport body says. |
Plastic waste trialled in hand lay (and footway) reinstatements31/07/2019 A major utility company is trialling the use of plastic waste in footway reinstatements. |
Exclusive: Transport Scotland and 'plastic roads' firm MacRebur put 'agreements' on the table16/07/2019 A meeting between MacRebur - 'the plastic roads company' - Transport Scotland and transport officers from SCOTS has established a set of 'agreements' around the use of recycled plastic waste material in roads, as well as its media presentation and testing. |
Scottish firms find a home for plastic roads23/05/2019 A Scottish developer has said it is the first housebuilder to use waste plastic to build a road on a housing development. |
Durham latest to trial controversial 'plastics in road' technique29/08/2018 Motorists on the A689 near Sedgefield in County Durham are now driving along a road built using a controversial technique involving waste plastic. |
Plastic roads to be trialled13/07/2015 KWS Infra, the road building division of VolkerWessels, is hoping to trial a new “Plastic Road” system in Rotterdam, Netherlands. |
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