Cumbria Plastic Roads

They stand to make financial savings. Keith little cumbria county councils cabinet member for highways and. Cumbria is leading the way in innovation into their road networks and at the same time reducing the plastic waste that is dumped.

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Cumbria trailblazes by trialling plastic road a new plastic road is to be trialled in cumbria before being introduced in other areas if it proves to be successful.

Cumbria plastic roads.

Cumbria is the first county in the uk to trial the innovative product which it is claimed will be used in the creation of stronger and more durable plastic roads.
Using recycled household plastic waste to bind tarmac for our roads cumbria county council hopes to reduce the use of tar products and improve the regions carbon footprint.
Dumfries and galloway cumbria and enfield are testing the plastic roads.
Cumbria is trialling the innovative plastic road cumbria is the first uk county to trial a new product used to create plastic roads that are stonger and more durable.

A senior cumbrian politician has spoken of his delight at new funding for further plastic road trials in the county.
1 tonne of macrebur mix contains the equivalent of 80000 plastic bottles.
Known as mr6 the new product can be used in standard asphalt mix and is made from locally sourced waste plastic converted into pellets.
With each km of road laid using our mr products we use up the equivalent weight of 684000 bottles or 18 million one time use plastic bags.

Partially plastic roads are being introduced around cumbria following a successful trial by the county council.
The bitumen substitute known as mr6 can be used in in standard asphalt mix and is made from locally sourced waste plastic by local firm macrebur.
From cnn to the bbc cumbria has been in the media spotlight for our innovative work using recycled waste plastic in road resurfacing schemes.
The authority was the first in england to incorporate a plastic based material.

Cumbria cc could start a roll out of plastic roads across the county in the new year after it trialled a bitumen substitute on its network this month.
Cumbria pioneers plastic roads the county council has been hitting the headlines lately as the first highways authority in the country to introduce plastic roads.
Cumbria county council use plastic to resurface main roads cumbria could soon be the most environmentally friendly road builders in the uk.
We have selected plastic waste from cumbria to use in the a6 road.