Sustainability Victoria
Can recycled glass help create safer, more skid-resistant roads?
Posted in Asphalt Review, Environment, Industry News, Latest News//October 28, 2021Sustainability Victoria has awarded the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and OmniGrip Direct $81,000 in funding for a project to see recycled crushed glass can be used to provide safer, more skid resistant roads.
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Sustainability VIC launches online directory for recycled products and suppliers
Posted in Industry News, Latest News//July 15, 2020Buy Recycled, is Sustainability Victoria's new online directory, launched to feature Victorian products containing recycled content.
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ARRB gets $200,000 grant for recycled crushed glass trial
Posted in Latest News//October 14, 2019The Australian Road Research Board has been awarded a $200,000 grant to trial recycled crushed glass in asphalt on local roads.
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Alex Fraser receives resource recovery infrastructure fund grant
Posted in Latest News//August 26, 2019Sustainability Victoria has announced Alex Fraser's Clarinda recycling facility is amoun 13 recipients of the Victorian Government's $4.67 million Resource Recovery Infrastructure
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Pavement constructed with recycled plastic and glass
Posted in Latest News//March 22, 2019In a Victorian first trial, a 200-metre long concrete footpath made with 199,000 recycled glass and plastic bottles has been laid in Hoppers Crossing. Sustainability Victoria partnered with Swinburne University of Technology to develop the new method of pavement construction, with funding from the Victorian
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Paving with plastic: the rise of plastics in road construction
Posted in Asphalt Review, Civil Works, Environment, Industry News, Latest News//December 18, 2018Councils are using plastic bags and soft plastic packaging as a sustainable alternative to virgin polymers for bitumen binder to construct longer lasting roads.