What’s next for PlasticRoad?
The first PlasticRoad cycle path is a pilot and represents the first step in the journey towards more sustainable roads. It will allow the PlasticRoad partnership to test this initiative's technical and economic feasibility. The pilot location is equipped with sensors to monitor the road’s performance – including temperature, the number of bike passages and the durability of the road. All involved agree that the future looks bright for the project and there is a great potential for it to resolve some of the issues of the future particularly as it promotes a circular economy.
The launch of the next PlasticRoad pilot will be in Giethoorn (Overijissel), Netherlands later in the Autumn. The PlasticRoad partnership (KWS, Wavin and Total) continue to look for new locations for subsequent pilots to allow other applications to be tested and look forward to taking the design to the next level using the insights gained.