EcoPals

Fecha de presentación 2 de febrero de 2022 Fundadores Justus Susewind Urbanización Berlin, Alemania

El proyecto en detalle

Nota: este formulario debe ser cumplimentado en su totalidad por las personas que proponen la innovación.

¿Qué problema se ha resuelto?

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.

¿Cómo se resuelve?

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.

¿Quiénes son los clientes potenciales?

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

¿En qué se diferencia esta solución?

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.