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| Artists impression: KWS |
They call it
re-cycling. The municipality of Zwolle today opens a trial 30m stretch of bike
path made from reused plastic, in a project that hopes to speed up road
building and give old bottles a second life.
The PlasticRoad, made “from as
much recycled plastic as possible” has been created by the businesses KWS,
plastic pipe maker Wavin and Total oil and gas group and the pilot is being
supported by Zwolle.
The designers hope that the prefabricated road structure
will be able to help prevent flooding, with a special hollow to hold water or
carry cables, and last three times longer than traditional road structures.
KWS
announced the concept in 2015, with inventor Simon Jorritsma saying: “You see a
bottle; we see a road.”
A second trial road will be built in November in
Overijssel province, reports the Telegraaf.
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