The Plastic Road to Cumbria

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The Plastic Road to Cumbria

• Heavy plastics have quickly emerged as one of the
  key materials for the modern world, making a
  place of their own in automobile and aviation
  market and quickly finding their way into most
  walks of life. There are several benefits of
  using high density materials, as they can be
  entirely customized to suit industrial
  requirements and eliminate the drawbacks posed by
  metals in all kinds of tools and appliances.

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• One of the latest ventures to see the use of
  engineered thermoplastics is roadways. Cumbria, a
  county in the UK, recently started creating
  plastic roads that are expected to be more
  durable and stronger than their counterparts.
  MacRebur, a local firm, is creating these roads
  using locally-sourced waste plastic to create
  MR6, a bitumen substitute that can be used in any
  standard asphalt mix.

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• These plastic roads are excellent news as they
  not only offer a unique opportunity for the world
  to reduce the carbon footprint of constructing
  roads, but they also reduce the amount of bitumen
  needed in the asphalt mix, thereby offering
  enhanced road performance and reducing the amount
  of maintenance work needed.
• The Cumbria County Council trialled this new
  plastic road at a junction near Calthwaite in the
  month of December 2016. The work was carried out
  on a section of the road that had to undergo
  frequent repairs due to the number of heavy goods
  vehicles traveling to the water bottling plant
  and sand quarry nearby. The trial is expected to
  prove the durability offered by high density
  materials and heavy plastics, marking a huge
  shift in the way the world looks at road
  construction and maintenance.

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These plastic roads are excellent news as they
not only offer a unique opportunity for the world
to reduce the carbon footprint of constructing
roads, but they also reduce the amount of bitumen
needed in the asphalt mix, thereby offering
enhanced road performance and reducing the amount
of maintenance work needed.
The Cumbria County Council trialled this new
plastic road at a junction near Calthwaite in the
month of December 2016. The work was carried out
on a section of the road that had to undergo
frequent repairs due to the number of heavy goods
vehicles traveling to the water bottling plant
and sand quarry nearby. The trial is expected to
prove the durability offered by high density
materials and heavy plastics.
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