Pothole Repair – with plastic

From the BBC:

Recycled plastic has been used to resurface a road in Flintshire as part of a trial scheme. Pellets made from the waste material were added to the asphalt laid at a junction in Connah’s Quay, UK. Flintshire County Council wants to reuse items from residents’ bins which are difficult to recycle and would otherwise go to landfill sites.

Officers have been working with a Scottish firm which produces plastic pellets from bottles and bags to be melted into the asphalt as a binding agent in place of bitumen.

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