Recycled products are increasingly being used in road and rail infrastructure and it looks like Victoria is leading the way, trains travelling through Richmond in Victoria will now be running on railway sleepers made from recycled plastic as part of an 18 month trial.
For every kilometre of track installed, 64 tonnes of plastic waste that would otherwise have gone to landfill, will be recycled. That is an impressive reuse of waste product.
Read the full article from Transport and Logistics News.