Plastics Pilot Project
Grace Pacific LLC, Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), Hawaii Asphalt Paving Industry (HAPI), University of Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific University teamed up on Hawaii’s first Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) plastics project. Plastics in asphalt is the industry’s new and exciting platform towards greener roads. This project garnered both local and national attention (click on links below). 1,950 tons of Hot Mix Asphalt =195,000 plastic bottles were recycled into the road.
- Asphalt Pro Magazine (Hawaii Plastic Paving Follow-up)
- Hawaii News Now (State hopes plastic paves the way to a new roadway solution)
- Hawaii Public Radio (Ewa Road will be the 1st made of recycled plastic in Hawaiʻi)
- HIDOT (HDOT TESTING ASPHALT MIXES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE PAVEMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT)
- Khon 2 (Driving on plastic? Recycled asphalt coming to Hawaii)
- Recycling Today (Hawaii Department of Transportation receives funding for plastic recycling research)
- KITV 4 (Hawaii's Department of Transportation pilot program looks into recyclable plastic roads)
- Star-Advertiser (Hawaii Department of Transportation testing asphalt mixes designed to improve pavement, environment)
- Transportation Today (Hawaii testing plastic asphalt mix in sustainable transportation efforts)
- University of Hawaii News (Driving on plastic, UH partners on sustainable road paving project)
Plastic pellets
Looked, worked, smelled, and compacted just like hot mix asphalt