PAVING ROADS THE GREEN WAY.......

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The first historical evidence of constructed roads were  stone paved, and date back from 4000BC, in Mesopotamia, now known as  Iraq.  There is also the Corduroy or Log road, found in a swampy area of Glastonbury,  Somerset, England.  The first modern roads are credited to Thomas Telford and John Loudon McAdam. 
McAdam, designed roads with harder surface using broken stones placed in symmetrical, tight patterns and covered with smaller stones. His design was called “Macadam”. The "Macadam" design led to the bitumen-based binding, Tarmacadam. The Champs-Elysees Paris, was one of the first "tar" roads. It was covered with asphalt in 1824, making it the first modern road in Europe.

 Fast forward 191 years, and Asphalt mixes can now be made with recycled   materials. In Sydney, Australia, a road contractor and cartridge ink recycling company team up for the world's first commercial use for toner waste.   In Jamshedpur, India,plastic wastes are being used in road construction . The Dutch construction firm, VolkerWessels have  begun drawing up plans for roads made from recycled plastics . There are also innovations like ECOroads, a biomass-based soil stabilization product, that increases the strength, density, and durability of roads.
Roads  provide access to various destinations, and will continue to be built many years to come. So, why not build them the "green way"? Eco-friendly roads are the future.




SO NOW YOU KNOW!!!!





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