Roads in which waste plastic is melted down and mixed with paving materials are becoming more common around the world. Although for now they remain a niche technology, experts say the roads could become one of a diverse array of uses for discarded plastic.
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A good idea, but such technology still has a long way to go to be viable. In the mean time, you can save the environment by re-using your plastic waste.
Most plastics don’t get recycled and end up as waste polluting the environment. Recycling your plastics at home might be the solution to end the plastic crisis.
It will take several lifetimes for all of earth’s plastic waste to decompose, when not accounting for new plastics being produced every day. Nanites that can decompose plastics can help save us from this impending doom! https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution
The use of plastics has many benefits – it is affordable, versatile, resistant, and can help reduce other forms of waste – especially food waste. However, when poorly managed it can pollute the environment and our oceans.
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Check out this road in India that was constructed using recycled plastic bottles.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2424499/karachi-gets-its-first-road-made-with-recycled-plastic
Besides roads, people can also pave using plastic, which can help address the global plastic waste crisis.
Building roads with plastic can offer a way to upcycle billions of pounds of plastic waste currently polluting our environment.
A good idea, but such technology still has a long way to go to be viable. In the mean time, you can save the environment by re-using your plastic waste.
Check out this concept for a plastic recycling machine connected to a 3D printer to make new plastic materials at home.
Most plastics don’t get recycled and end up as waste polluting the environment. Recycling your plastics at home might be the solution to end the plastic crisis.
How about these plastic-eating enzymes?
These nanites can break down microplastics into CO2 and water. So maybe there is hope for our planet yet!
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/this-new-nanotech-could-help-clean-up-earths-microplastics
It will take several lifetimes for all of earth’s plastic waste to decompose, when not accounting for new plastics being produced every day. Nanites that can decompose plastics can help save us from this impending doom!
https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution