EcoPals

Toimituspäivä 02. helmikuuta 2022 Perustajat Justus Susewind Kehitysalue Berlin, Saksa

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Mikä ongelma on ratkaistu?

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.

Miten se ratkaistaan?

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.

Ketkä ovat potentiaalisia asiakkaita?

Anybody building roads with a special focus on countries, states, cities and all other public authorities.

Miten tämä ratkaisu on erilainen?

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.