recycling
Soft plastics used to create sustainable concrete carpark and footpath
Posted in Industry News, Latest News//January 14, 2021A team of engineers from RMIT have partnered with Victorian recycling organisations Replas, RED Group and SR Engineering to create a concrete material made from recycled soft plastics.
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Six Tasmanian councils to use crumb rubber asphalt in a first for the state
Posted in Industry News, Latest News//December 16, 2020A recycled crumb rubber demonstration project across local roads in Tasmania is hoped to pave the way to a more sustainable future in the state.
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Growing a sustainable footprint with TonerPlas
Posted in Latest News, Special Features//December 02, 2020TonerPlas is a high-performance asphalt additive engineered using post-consumer recycled plastic polymers. After nearly 10 years in development, being tested and trialled on Australian roads, Close the Loop is looking to increase its footprint in the
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Alex Fraser’s answer to asphalt
Posted in Industry News, Latest News//November 19, 2020As a company committed to achieving carbon neutrality, Alex Fraser has created PolyPave, an asphalt product that can contain high volumes of recycled materials including plastic, glass and RAP.
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The road to a circular economy – research to test best recycled tyre mix
Posted in Industry News, Latest News//November 05, 2020Tyre Stewardship Australia and RMIT University are partnering on a ground-breaking research project evaluating the performance of crumb rubber in asphalt made from old car tyres.
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Asphalt plant to boost tyre recycling, with Tyrecycle
Posted in Latest News, Special Features//November 04, 2020A multi-million dollar Asphalt Manufacturing Plant has been built by a major asphalt producer in South Australia to boost the recycling rate of used tyres on Australian roads.