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“We’re calling it ‘Plastic Road,'” said UTA civil engineering Ph.D. student Ishraq Faruk. “We are trying to use recycled plastic in the mix. That way we will be able to divert the plastics going into the landfill to here.”
‘Plastic Roads’ is a UTA student research project that has been in the works for 3 years. The parking lot repairs are the first real-world test. “To see how it performs in real life as a parking lot,” Faruk said.