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1 Helpdesk Report Using waste plastics in road construction Manu Sasidharan, Dr Mehran Eskandari Torbaghan & Dr Michael Burrow University of Birmingham May 2019 Question Please provide evidence about the use of waste plastics in road construction to inform road infrastructure investments in the Horn of Africa and to enable DFID to better understand the latest innovations and possible future use in road construction and maintenance. Contents 1. Executive summary 2. International experience Using waste plastics in road construction India United Kingdom Ghana Ethiopia The Netherlands 3. construction methods Dry process Wet process 4. Maintenance 5. Challenges Health and environmental hazards Collecting and sorting waste plastics Training for construction workers Regulatory framework 6.
plastic coated aggregate and bitumen is stronger in comparison to standard construction techniques (Vasudevan et al., 2012; Mishra and Gupta, 2018). According to Vasudevan et al. (2012) a tonne of waste plastic was used for every 1 km of road constructed, which reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 3 tonnes/km in comparison to standard
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