Post by account_disabled on Mar 7, 2024 7:16:06 GMT
Single-use plastics are a problem that affects the entire population. This material is affecting our ecosystems that surround us, which is why various initiatives have been implemented to improve and give it greater use so that it does not become a source of pollution.
One of the most relevant uses in which plastic is the protagonist is being used on a highway located in Irapuato-La Piedad, in Guanajuato, Mexico.
The Dow company, together with VISE, Surfax, Lasfalto and Omnigreen, created this type of asphalt with recycled plastic.
In this way, the impact generated in the construction is much less and the material has durability.
Almost a ton of post-consumer plastic was used on the 2 km road, which is equivalent to 250 thousand flexible plastic packaging.
To achieve this, companies have been working for a long time, finding a way to mix conventional asphalt with recycled plastic flexible packaging. Additionally, companies worked to find a way to mix conventional asphalt with recycled plastic flexible packaging.
Dow added that this new technology offers a Chile Mobile Number List possible solution to the management of plastic waste, in addition to extending the useful life of roads by up to 50 percent compared to conventional asphalt.
To build recycled or post-consumer plastic roads, work was done on the formulation of the modified asphalt, as well as on the design of the asphalt mixture. The advantage of using recycled products is that they can be used on any type of road.
" Dow developed together with its allies a modified asphalt formulation that allows giving a new life to flexible plastic packaging that could end up as waste in a landfill, or in the worst case in the environment ," Dow said in a statement. .
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Paula Sans, director of the company, stressed the importance of commitment to the environment and the correct use of plastic materials and the way in which they can be used.
«Demonstrating that roads made from high-performance modified asphalt using recycled plastic material can be obtained is a step forward to develop applications based on a circular economy business model and even provide a solution to the growing concern regarding the management of plastic waste . ”
Future vision
This is a construction that will undoubtedly mark a strong stage for future road plans.
It would be expected that in a few years many of the roads would be built this way; They are currently working on the construction of another 4 kilometers of roads with this technology.
To verify the quality of the roads, we must wait for a little time to pass to realize how this construction lasts.
The construction of this highway is undoubtedly an example in the country and in the world that the plastic that invades us and that causes so much pollution can be put to useful use.