2024-12-22T03:12:21-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/131579411/rotterdam-considers-paving-its-roads-with-recycled-plastic Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-07-10T18:39:00-04:00 >2015-07-17T22:39:14-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ap/apa75wz0mivmibe6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The construction firm VolkerWessels unveiled plans on Friday for a surface made entirely from recycled plastic, which it said required less maintenance than asphalt and could withstand greater extremes of temperature&ndash; between -40C and 80C. Roads could be laid in a matter of weeks rather than months and last about three times as long, it claimed. The company said the environmental argument was also strong as asphalt is responsible for 1.6m tons of CO2 emissions a year globally</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a title="Taiwan tests recycling's limits with bus stops out of bottles" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/68576882/taiwan-tests-recycling-s-limits-with-bus-stops-out-of-bottles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Taiwan tests recycling's limits with bus stops out of bottles</a></li><li><a title="Africa's First Plastic Bottle House Rises in Nigeria" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/26648463/africa-s-first-plastic-bottle-house-rises-in-nigeria" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Africa's First Plastic Bottle House Rises in Nigeria</a></li></ul>