In Accra, Ghana's bustling capital, one road appears ordinary but hides an innovative secret beneath its asphalt surface: ...

In late 2018, media reports and social networks began generating an interest in the possibility of using recycled plastic waste in asphalt mixtures. The idea was marketed as an opportunity to ...

The technology, called PlasticRoad, is said to require less maintenance than asphalt and could withstand greater extremes of temperature– between -40°F and 170°F. The plastic roads are lighter ...

We’re increasing the longevity of these roads because rubber and plastic are very complimentary with asphalt mix designs and reducing the cracking and rutting. "... When it increases the life of ...

EWA BEACH, Hawaii (KHON2) — It has been about 14 months since State crews paved a section of Fort Weaver Road with a mix of asphalt and plastic. Get news on the go with KHON 2GO, KHON’s ...

Ditching asphalt for plastic also makes sense if you consider what the more traditional building material does to the environment. Asphalt is to blame for 1.6 million tons of CO2 that stream into ...

The granules are mixed with an activator to make the plastic bind and it is then bagged ready to be distributed to asphalt producers. The company said its mix allowed the bitumen used in the ...

A portion of the road includes a newer form asphalt mixture with polyethylene-based plastic waste (grocery bags and plastic straws) and another portion is made of a scrap-tire and asphalt mixture.

Springfield teamed up on the project with asphalt producer Pat Munro and MacRebur, a company which has developed and patented a way to use waste plastic in roads. The waste is turned into granules ...

It has been about 14 months since State crews paved a section of Fort Weaver Road with a mix of asphalt and plastic. It has been about 14 months since State crews paved a section of Fort Weaver ...