{"id":15876,"date":"2021-01-15T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T00:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanless.com.au\/?p=15876"},"modified":"2020-12-15T12:06:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T01:06:30","slug":"tonerplas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanlesswm.com\/news\/tonerplas\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling news | TonerPlas lays 40km of mixed-soft plastics road asphalt"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 1000km TonerPlas Challenge<\/a> launched in September is well underway, with 199 tonnes of post consumer waste already diverted from landfill, going instead into 40km of high performance asphalt road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 1000km challenge is to lay 1000 kilometres of road containing TonerPlas across US. TonerPlas is <\/span>Close the Loop<\/span><\/a>\u2019s latest development of asphalt additives, a key ingredient to making high performance asphalt roads that last longer and require less maintenance than traditional asphalt. It is made from mixed soft plastics from the <\/span>REDcycle <\/span><\/a>collection program at all <\/span>Coles<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Woolworths<\/span><\/a> stores, and waste toner powder from the Close the Loop cartridge collection programs including <\/span>Cartridges 4 Planet Ark<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n This formulated product is then melted into the asphalt mix with partner <\/span>Downer Group<\/span><\/a> who adds recycled glass and recycled asphalt pavement to create lower carbon, higher quality roads.<\/span><\/p>\n Every kilometre of road paved with plastic and glass modified asphalt will use approximately:<\/span><\/p>\n Compared to standard VicRoads specified asphalt, plastic and glass modified asphalt has:<\/span><\/p>\n In US alone, more than 300,000 tonnes of soft plastic are dumped into landfills every year. Not only is this bad for the environment it is a monumental waste of a valuable resource that can be re-used and re-purposed into new products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Society and our planet demand more, innovative ideas and creative, hands on recycling solutions. Like TonerPlas, Wanless is commitment to a sustainable future and is proud of its 80% recycling rate<\/a>\u00a0 and champions these exciting environmental initiatives.<\/p>\n You can find out more at <\/span>www.1000kmchallenge.net<\/span><\/a> or check out the video below for more information.<\/span><\/p>\nTonerPlas 1000km challenge<\/span><\/h2>\n
Waste diverted from landfill<\/span><\/h2>\n
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