MOTORISTS in Stratford will soon be driving over glass with no risk at all to their tyres, thanks to a revolutionary road surface being installed on the new road at the Bishopton Lane industrial estate.
The 'glassphalt' surface will contain 30% recycled green glass but will look just like a normal road as it will lie just below the surface.
The new material, developed by RMC Aggregates, is being trialled at Bishopton and on a handful of other roads around the country. If successful, it could become a regular on our roads, which will help use up a national surplus of recycled green glass.
Warwickshire County Council's material laboratory will be working with RMC and road builders Birse Construction to monitor the trial. Head of environmental strategy at the county council, David Scott, said the trials could prove vital to the UK's recycling efforts.
He said the surplus was due to imports of wine and "if we had a wine industry, like France, then the glass could be re-used. As it is, we have managed to find another solution."
He added: "We are delighted that RMC have now managed to overcome the technical problems with using glass in road construction and found a use for what is otherwise a waste."
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