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Infusing asphalt with plastic could help roads last longer and resist cracking under heat (theconversation.com)

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[–] feinstruktur@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's good to blend asphalt with this nasty plastic. Roads are known to not be exposed to any sort of high mechanical loads, so no risk of constantly adding micro plastic to the environment.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

A lot of micro plastics come from vehicle tires... So adding plastic to the roads would probably double that. Yuck.