PAK-PAVE™ Roads
PAK-PAVE™ Roads is an asphalt made with >50% recycled material including recycled paper cups collected by Simply Cups.
Using recycled materials in road and traffic construction decreases materials going to landfill and encourages a circular economy.
How is PAK-PAVE™ Roads made with cups?
STEP 1:
Cups are collected by Simply Cups
Cups such as coffee cups, takeaway soft drink cups, takeaway ice-cream and gelato cups and other paper cups are collected by Simply Cups.
STEP 2:
Shredded cups processing
Cups are processed and shredded to create a CLESmix. CLESmix is then transformed into PAK-PAVE™ Fibre which present the cups in an acceptable for to be used in the roads.
STEP 3:
PAK-PAVE™ Roads is created
PAK-PAVE™ Fibre is combined with rocks, sand and bitumen to create PAK-PAVE™ Roads, Australia’s first road made with recycled coffee cups.
PAK-PAVE™ Roads
CLESmix
PAK-PAVE™ Fibre
PAK-PAVE™ Roads
PAK-PAVE™ Roads
State Asphalt NSW
Benefits of roads made with recycled materials
PAK-PAVE™ Roads have many benefits including:
- Improved pavement durability and crack resistance
- Improved wet weather skid resistance and reduced noise levels from surface texture
- Improved durability of Stone Mastic Asphalt allows thinner surfacing of roads; where thickness can be reduced the cost per m2 of pavement is also reduced
- Less raw materials are required
- Lower carbon footprint
Other recycled products
Browse our range of recycled products. See all recycled products here.
rCUP
The world’s first reusable coffee cup made with disposable coffee cups. See more.
saveBOARD
Sustainable building material made with long-life milk cartons and cups collected by Simply Cups. See more.
Garden Beds
Made from 100% recycled plastic and paper cups collected by Simply Cups. See more.
Stay Tray
Australia’s first reusable drink tray made from 100% recycled material. See more.
Wheel Stops
Made from 100% recycled plastic and paper cups collected by Simply Cups. See more.