Cumbria Plastic Roads

From cnn to the bbc cumbria has been in the media spotlight for our innovative work using recycled waste plastic in road resurfacing schemes.
Cumbria plastic roads. 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 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. 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. 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.
Dumfries and galloway cumbria and enfield are testing the plastic roads. 1 tonne of macrebur mix contains the equivalent of 80000 plastic bottles. We have selected plastic waste from cumbria to use in the a6 road. 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 county council use plastic to resurface main roads cumbria could soon be the most environmentally friendly road builders in the uk. A senior cumbrian politician has spoken of his delight at new funding for further plastic road trials in the county. 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. 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.
Partially plastic roads are being introduced around cumbria following a successful trial by the county council. Keith little cumbria county councils cabinet member for highways and. They stand to make financial savings. Cumbria is leading the way in innovation into their road networks and at the same time reducing the plastic waste that is dumped.