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Your Used Plastics Can Build Sustainable Roads

Your Used Plastics Can Build Sustainable Roads

FromSustainability Champions


Your Used Plastics Can Build Sustainable Roads

FromSustainability Champions

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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Apr 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, I interview Toby McCartney, Co-Founder and CEO of MacRebur: The Plastic Road Company, and a Champion of recycling plastic to improve roads. MacRebur takes plastic waste, destined for either landfill or incineration, and turns it into a strong and environmentally-friendly asphalt glue. This additive binder greatly increases road durability, while at the same time recycling plastic waste. A real win-win.

One kilometre of road built with MacRebur’s products, uses the equivalent weight of 684,000 bottles or 1.8 million single-use plastic bags! And amazingly, with their design, there is no chance of microplastics entering the water or air. Using plastic to build roads is literally paving the way for a better future.



Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Champions podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Toby McCartney and MacRebur.



I hope you enjoy the episode!



Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/Ltiq_zyTSlM



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Hosted by Daniel Hartz

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Released:
Apr 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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We highlight the people, ideas, and innovations protecting and healing the planet. Here you will find our podcast episodes where we interview sustainability champions as well as articles about the many positive changes happening right now all over the world to make us more sustainable. Sustainability Champions are the individuals, companies and organizations currently solving environmental challenges around the world. They are leaders and innovators and their numbers are growing. If you are a Sustainability Champion, please subscribe and listen today.