Globally, more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, and less than 10% is recycled. Much of the rest ends ...

(TNS) — Transportation officials in multiple states are testing whether roads made from grocery bags, juice cartons, printer ink cartridges or other discarded plastic can make pavement last longer, ...

Karthikeyan Loganathan, assistant professor of civil engineering, is co-principal investigator. The use of plastic road is expected to improve the durability and strength of highway pavement and serve ...

Bill Buttlar, a professor at the University of Missouri, highlights takeaways in the university’s research on using recycled low-density polyethylene in asphalt paving materials. In August 2021, the ...

Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, shows a sample of recycled plastic in asphalt and a bag of recycled plastic used to make the asphalt, May 1, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stretch of road near Rockwall, Texas, paved with plastic-infused asphalt. Md. Sahadat Hossain Globally, more than 400 million ...

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation contract workers lay pavement made partially with recycled plastic at Ridley Creek State Park in Delaware County. A growing number of states are testing ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Md S Hossain, University of Texas at Arlington (THE CONVERSATION) Globally, more than ...

Md S Hossain is listed under a patent filed for plastic-infused asphalt. Globally, more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, and less than 10% is recycled. Much of the rest ends up ...