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- A company in Ghana is turning plastic bags into roads Sat, 7 Apr 18, 4:47amOnly two percent of plastic trash in Ghana is recycled, according to a video from the World Economic Forum (WEF) - but one local company is hoping to change that statistic...
- The Netherlands is developing self-healing roads that fix potholes automatically Sat, 6 May 17, 12:43amPotholes plague roads around the world. These pits are annoying for drivers, but even worse, those that haven't been well maintained may cause as much as a third of all deaths on highways. So scientists in the Netherlands...
- Dazzling STARPATH Pavement Lights Up the Night With Stored Solar Energy Wed, 23 Oct 13, 3:00amUK-based company Pro-Teq has developed a glow-in-the-dark product called "STARPATH" that can be applied to virtually any pavement surface to provide energy-free lighting once night falls...
- Dazzling STARPATH Pavement Glows in the Dark to Provide Energy-Free Illumination Tue, 22 Oct 13, 8:20amUK-based company Pro-Teq has developed a glow-in-the-dark product called "STARPATH" that can be applied to virtually any pavement surface to provide energy-free lighting once night falls...
- Air Pollution-Fighting Road Treatment Breaks Down Auto Emissions Wed, 26 Jan 11, 7:30amHere at Inhabitat we’ve covered many designs for greener roadways – from solar streets and kinetic-energy generating roads to that machines lay out fully-assembled streets...
- Common Pavement Sealer is Actually A Harmful Carcinogen Fri, 22 Jan 10, 2:41amResearchers have recently discovered that a commonly used sealant found on our parking lots, driveways and sidewalks is actually a harmful carcinogen. What’s even worse is that we pick up little particles of it on our...