'Team points' are awarded according to the adequacy of the solution with the type of innovations sought by Team for the Planet. They correspond to the analysis of several factors :
Submitted for assessment : After checking that an innovation is within the scope of the 20 issues Team for the Planet targets and that it has reached a sufficient maturity, the innovation is being assessed.
Higher performance roads at lower costs, with lower CO2 emissions.
In order to make roads more durable, the asphalt industry is adding virgin polymers to asphalt. However, this leads to a 20% increase in the carbon footprint, as well as a 20% decrease in production costs, of the already resource and energy intensive process.
Ecopals modified this process and is able to use polymers from non-recyclable plastic stream instead of virgin polymers. The performance of the asphalt is as good as when using virgin polymers and its carbon footprint is reduced. Plastic waste that otherwise would be incinerated or just landfilled at a high cost instead gets a circular purpose.
Anybody building roads with a special focus on countries, states, cities and all other public authorities.
Instead of using plastic that has other applications, we use plastic with no other purpose. Our decentralized production enables scalability, benefits all stakeholders along the supply chain, and gives the road construction industry an opportunity to decrease its carbon footprint. Moreover, our price advantage ultimately benefits public authorities, who can put tax money to better use.