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In 2021, Australia's RMIT helped Coles put 900,000 pieces of soft plastic into concrete. 1 year later, another Coles development was set to reuse 6.5 million pieces through PolyrokRMIT University developed Polyrok, a plastic aggregate from recycled soft plastics. This innovative material was first used commercially at...
In 2021, Victoria used 2,100 tons of recycled road base to rebuild the Hume Freeway. 5 years later, its 850-metre stretch had turned waste into a longer-lasting road tooPlastic bags and glass bottles usually end up in the trash. In Australia, some became part of a highway instead. Engineers rebuilt an 850-m...
In 1990, New York City began recycling waste glass into street pavement. 5 years later, the city had reused 250,000 tons of glass in resurfacing projects across the cityNew York City pioneered waste glass use in road construction between 1990 and 1995. Research examined crushed glass as an asphalt aggregate...
In 2019, Victoria's Wyndham City turned 199,000 recycled bottles into a 200-metre footpath. 1 year later, the project had reached 339 metres and delivered 1,700kg in carbon savingsVictoria’s Wyndham City turned 199,000 recycled bottles into a 200-metre footpath in 2019. The project showed how plastic waste could be gi...
In 2022, Ontario's Durham Region used 400 tonnes of glass in a 3.6-km road pilot. 4 years later, it could reuse 240 tonnes of PET each year across Durham roads under its planDurham Region is testing recycled materials for road construction. Recycled glass and plastic will be used in a road rebuilding project. Th...
In 2024, Michigan Tech mixed 6% treated waste glass into asphalt; dynamic stability rose 42.3%, and anti-skid performance improved 38.6% over standard mixesResearchers at Michigan Technological University have discovered an innovative way to utilize waste glass in paving roads. Their findings r...
Accelerating Plastics Circularity: Turning Ambition into Scalable Action | Industry RoundtableIndustry experts convened to emphasize the need for advancing plastics circularity throughout India and the Asia Pacific region. They ident...
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Ardee Industries IPO Day 2: GMP at 29%; issue subscribed 3.08 times so far. Should you subscribe?On the first day of bidding, the IPO was subscribed 3.08 times, with bids received for more than 17.98 crore shares against the 5.84 crore ...
88% ‘hard-to-recycle’ plastic: PolyCycl’s bet on turning waste into valueIndia's plastic waste problem is being tackled by PolyCycl's innovative chemical recycling. The technology transforms difficult-to-recycle ...
India’s next phase of plastic recycling will shift from volume-driven output to food-contact-compliant, global-standard polymers: Ravindra P V, Srichakra PolyplastIndia’s plastics recycling ecosystem is distinctive, with a recovery of nearly 80% of rigid plastics, giving it higher efficiency than many...
B2B plastic recycling startup Recove raises Rs 5.3 crore in pre-seed round led by Momentum CapitalGanesh Natarajan (ex-CEO, Aptech & Zensar), Ashish Goel (co-founder, Urban Ladder), Chaitanya Kejriwal, and Shruti Deorah participated in t...
Recycling crisis: India’s plastic waste keeps piling up to alarming levelsPlastic is unavoidable now and so is the pollution caused by it. The answer lies in managing plastic waste in a better way and embracing re...
Recykal: Making money from India’s huge waste problemAs cities generate more and more waste, the need to effectively tackle it has become even more pressing. Recykal’s solutions are aimed at t...
Government may list 8 single-use plastic itemsDefining single-use plastic is the first step in the direction of doing away with such products in India by 2022, as called for by Prime Mi...
8,000 block level plastic waste management units on anvilEvery village will be asked to start waste segregation and send its plastic waste to the block level plastic waste management unit. The uni...
How companies are gearing up for less plastic in their bizParle Agro, maker of soft drink Frooti, said it will spend over Rs 50 crore in the next three years to implement an end-to-end PET plastic ...
Rourkela Steel Plant initiates project to use waste plastic in road constructionSAIL said its plants have plans to lay more such green roads with waste plastic in the coming months, in a significant step towards Swachh ...
This startup's tech could be tipping point in our fight against plastic pollutionBanyan Nation is India's first vertically integrated plastics recycling company that uses proprietary plastics cleaning technology to produ...