The state of Guanajuato in central Mexico is home to the first ever highway paved with recycled materials. Why not? This planet will have an endless amount of recycled materials for the next 100 year or more, and right now, a LOT of roads are at the end of their first paved life, and need a new surface pronto

The effort is modest at the moment and involved a 4 kilometer stretch that required 1.7 tons of plastic. The stretch between the municipalities of Irapuato and Cuerámaro opened last November.

According to Dow Plastics Technology Mexico, the 1.7 tons of eco-pavement equal up to 425,000 plastic packaging units. The development of the highway plastic was a private affair that involved the companies Dow, Vise, Surfax, Lasfalto and Omnigreen

Dow praised the durability of the new eco-material, which could become the standard in the years to come: “This new technology not only offers a possible solution to the management of plastic waste, it also theoretically prolongs the life span of highways by 50% compared to conventional asphalt. The advantage of using recycled plastic products is that they can be used on all types of highways, not only in high-performance products, which can extend the life span of any paved road”.

https://www.intellibuild.co.za/post/mexico-is-the-latest-country-to-pave-roads-with-plastic
https://wearemitu.com/things-that-matter/mexico-becomes-the-worlds-first-country-with-a-highway-paved-from-recycled-plastics/