Dec 3, 2020
In 2001, Indian chemistry professor Rajagopalan Vasudevan recognized plastic’s binding qualities and invented (then patented) a plastic-bitumen road-laying method, which was used to pave roads across India, developing the world’s first plastic road by 2002. Since then, technologies have improved, and plastic roads can meet higher road standards, causing the...
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