As part of my series of blogs on making construction greener I came across a low carbon kerb stone made from recycled plastic. By using recycled materials engineers can both reduce carbon and reduce risk of injury as the products tend to be lighter.
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Recycled plastic kerbing reduce carbon by 40 per cent when compared to concrete ones
Currently there is a trial taking place to find innovative ways make highways greener.
For this initiative there are two of the major challenges. Firstly, ways to recycle the plastic effectively recycled and improving the efficiency of the product to reduce the cost.
The plastic kerbing, being used in the trail contains 88 per cent recycled material and is cut using hand tools. Unlike concrete, it does not create dust, which when trying to reduce health and safety risks on site is a winner.
With its lightweight features, they can be laid four times faster than traditional blocks. This is significant as we try to approach a greener, more cost-effective future. The lighter blocks can be transported to site using less carbon and laid faster, reducing conduction time.
By exploring use of recycled products like these we as engineers can work towards the target of becoming carbon neutral by 2045.
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