{"id":2238,"date":"2021-05-10T12:29:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/?page_id=2238"},"modified":"2024-07-29T13:50:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T05:50:18","slug":"waste-plastics-on-roads-building-a-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/waste-plastics-on-roads-building-a-circular-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste Plastics on Roads: Building a Circular Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-research\"><li id=\"menu-item-133\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/research-tracks\/\">Research Tracks<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-134\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/environmental-surveillance-treatment\/\">Environmental Surveillance and Treatment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-198\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/environmental-human-health\/\">Environmental and Human Health<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-169\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/resource-recovery-and-circular-economy\/\">Resource Recovery and Circular Economy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/impact-climate-change\/\">Climate Change and the Environment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-199\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/food-energy-and-water-nexus\/\">Food, Energy and Water Nexus in Urban Farming<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-471\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/initiatives\/\">Programmes<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-754\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/e2s2\/\">E2S2<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-3142\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/covid-19-wastewater-surveillance-programme\/\">Covid-19 wastewater surveillance programme<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-3609\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/intprep-organization\/\">INTPREP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-331\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-332\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/research-features\/\">Research Features<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-602\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/facilities\/\">Laboratory Facilities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<strong>Waste Plastics on Roads: Building a Circular Economy<\/strong>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Many countries have started exploring the use of waste plastics on roads. However, many of these applications are highly localised and urban cities in developed countries have yet fully embraced this concept. What are the main challenges and concerns that these cities faced and how could this be overcome? How can we achieve true circular economy for waste plastics on roads? Our team in NUS led by Associate Professor Ong Ghim Ping Raymond explores the potentials of using waste plastics on roads from a technical viewpoint, the potentials it may hold in reducing waste plastics destined for the landfill, and how it has yet become fully embraced in developed countries (and especially in urban cities).<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the team has been working on a project to explore the use of waste plastics on bituminous pavement surfaces with the target on identifying the potential specifications that meet structural, functional, safety, urban cooling, noise and environmental performances that is typically required for most urban cities in developed countries. Through this study, it is envisioned that a viable framework for a plastic circular economy for the road-building industry can be set up.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC02541-1-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02541\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"DSC02541\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Performing wet mixing of waste plastics on bitumen at the laboratory.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3-9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"3\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\" title=\"3\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Testing for potential leaching of microplastics in water.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-7.jpg\" alt=\"2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"245\" width=\"447\" title=\"2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Asphalt sample with waste plastics wet-mixed into bitumen.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/4-6-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"4\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" title=\"4\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Testing for air pollutants from samples obtained from asphalt mixing process.<\/p>\n\t<p>In addition, the team has also received a follow-up grant to study the air quality and fuming aspects of using waste plastics on bituminous pavement surfaces, and the recyclability of plastics-modified bituminous mixes. This would greatly enhance the knowledge of using waste plastics on roads and delivering a true circular economy for plastics. Our team is also involved in this initiative with leadership through active forum participation with asphalt pavement industry counterparts in South-east Asia, South Asia, Europe and North America.<\/p>\n\tFor more details, please contact:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.nus.edu.sg\/cee\/staff\/ong-ghim-ping-raymond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associate Professor Raymond ONG<\/a><br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:ceeongr@nus.edu.sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ceeongr@nus.edu.sg<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Tracks Environmental Surveillance and Treatment Environmental and Human Health Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Climate Change and the Environment Food, Energy and Water Nexus in Urban Farming Programmes E2S2 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