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Scottish Company Recycles Plastic Waste Into Roads

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Scottish Company Recycles Plastic Waste Into Roads.

there are companies that have developed a method for recycling plastic waste into roads. The process involves mixing shredded plastic waste with bitumen, a sticky, tar-like substance used to bind together the aggregate (stone, gravel, etc.) in road surfaces. The plastic waste acts as a binding agent, helping to hold the road together and making it more durable.

This technology not only helps to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the environment, but it also has environmental benefits. The plastic-bitumen mixture used in the roads has been found to be more durable and resistant to water damage than traditional road surfaces, which can lead to reduced maintenance costs and a longer lifespan for the road.

It’s worth noting that this is still in the experimental phase and is not yet widely used. But it is one of the example of how plastic waste can be recycled and put to use in an innovative way.

Informative video showing how a Scottish company recycles plastic waste into roads.  This is a great example of supply chain sustainability.

Environmental Quotes on Plastic Recycling and More

  • “I’m mad keen on recycling because I’m worried about the next generation and where all this waste we’re producing is going. It has to stop. I wash out my plastic containers and recycle envelopes, everything I possibly can.” ~Cherie Lunghi
  • “Solid wastes are the discarded leftovers of our advanced consumer society. This growing mountain of garbage and trash represents not only an attitude of indifference toward valuable natural resources, but also a serious economic and public health problem.” ~Jimmy Carter
  • “If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or removed from production.” ~Pete Seeger
  • “I’m not out there suggesting that we should ban every plastic product. But there are some whose environmental costs exceed their utility, and the [plastic] bag is one of them.” ~Susan Freinkel
  • “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” ~Fred Rogers
  • “Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.” ~Erma Bombeck

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