Kingborough, TAS became first Tasmanian council to incorporate recycled consumer waste into roads

Kingborough, TAS Recycled Consumer Waste Roads

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The Toner Pave material used on 500 meters of Charlton Street replaced bitumen with processed toner and printer cartridges. Kingborough officials estimated 12,500 cartridges were shredded and refined for the project. An additive made from 530,000 plastic bags spared single-use containers from the landfill. The Charlton Street project also used recycled asphalt from other projects in Tasmania to reduce emissions and material costs.

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Paving the Way in Kingborough - Kingborough Council

The equivalent of over 430,000 single-use plastic bags will soon be recycled with other products to create a new road surface material that will be applied to roads in Kingborough, a first for Tasmania. “We are proud to announce that Kingborough will be the first council in Tasmania to introduce specialised products that use a…

Plastics, glass and printer toner recycled into road in Tasmania - ABC News

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