Will You Drive on Plastic Roads Soon?
Date Posted: July 20, 2015
Posted In: Ideas,
Gijis Van Wulfen on LinkedIn: KWS Infra, the biggest road construction company in the Netherlands, is developing a road of plastic. Why? Well, they claim plastic really has a lot of advantages compared to present road materials like asphalt, both in construction as maintenance. This innovative solution is more durable than asphalt and in the hollow plastic road construction, there’s enough space left for cables or water storage.
The project fits perfectly in a larger initiative to get rid of the so-called “plastic soup” in our oceans. More and more plastic waste is ending up in our oceans and seas. Due to the effects of weathering, sunlight and wave action, this plastic reduces to smaller particles. This leads to serious pollution. Making roads of recycled plastic would reduce the ‘plastic soup’ and benefit us all.