Houston Chronicle –
Drivers should not expect to cruise along roads made of old food wrappers and H-E-B bags just yet. Still, Dow officials and other researchers said there is growing interest in adding used plastic to the recipe for roads, provided these first tests pan out. “We need to two to three years to give you the answers, but everyone is looking at it,” said Sahadat Hossain, director of the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability at the University of Texas at Arlington.