Worldwide, there are about 7.7 million km of asphalt roads. They form the basis of any stable infrastructure and are nowadays exposed to greater stresses than ever before. Due to increasing delivery traffic, many roads can no longer meet the demands and have a short life span.

Meanwhile we are still lacking solutions to one of the biggest environmental problems: plastic pollution. Every year over 200 million tons of plastic are burned, dumped or thrown into the sea.
What if we can put every one of those tons to good use by building the infrastructure of tomorrow?

Together with our research partners, the Fraunhofer ICT and the University of Kassel, we have developed a process to modify non-recyclable plastic waste, so that it can be used as a performance-enhancing additive in asphalt. Thereby, we replace common virgin plastic additives and the crude oil product bitumen in road construction.
That means, we could save up to 1.1 million tons of CO2 in Europe alone, make the road up to 50% more resistant and most importantly: We give plastic waste a purpose again.

On top of that: With every ton of asphalt built, we reinvest in infrastructure development in countries of the global south. Our vision is to put the world on a sustainable foundation, to develop more ecological building materials and to connect people globally.
We are building new ways and you can be part of our journey!

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