Category: Bio Asphalt, Bitumen & Roads
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How a Singapore startup convinced firms that waste plastic can be used to pave roads
Persuading firms in the construction and waste management sectors – both set in their ways – to accept Magorium’s new method that could potentially close the loop for waste plastic was challenging. Why fix a process that isn’t broken, many would ask, says the startup founder Oh Chu Xian.
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Japan testing ocean plastic roads
From Waste to Pavement: Using Marine Plastic for Station Front Rotary in Wakayama
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A greener asphalt solution to be tested by Canada
A new road segment will allow validating the mechanical performance of the asphalt mixture with a higher lignin substitution rate
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Biobased asphalt with lignin can cut emissions up to 60%
The Dutch asphalt sector can reduce emissions by 30% to 60% by using biobased asphalt in which fossil bitumen has been replaced by lignin and other components from plant residues, according to new figures from Wageningen Food & Biobased Research.
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Kraton and NAPA Partner on Net Zero Asphalt
Kraton Corporation, a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, announces its sponsorship of The Road Forward, an initiative of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) to achieve net zero carbon emission asphalt pavements by 2050.
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Lignin Asphalt to be Tested in Canada
First lignin based asphalt to be trialed in British Columbia, Canada
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Steelphalt Launches Lignin Asphalt
Steelphalt, A Harsco Environmental Company, Launched Carbon- Negative Asphalt Product
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Lignin Asphalts LCA for the Netherlands
Using lignin from local biorefineries for asphalts: LCA case study for the Netherlands







