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Vancouver Becomes First City to Pave Its Streets With Recycled Plastic

11/21/2012
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  • Vancouver Becomes First City to Use Recycled Plastic Asphalt Paving
    The City of Vancouver has set the lofty goal of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020 and, judging by their latest green innovation, they are thinking outside of the box to get there. To help up their green quotient, Vancouver has started paving its streets with recycled plastic.  The city teamed up with GreenMantra of Toronto to melt together old plastic and asphalt to create a paving mixture that is much better for the environment than traditional asphalt....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/vancouver-becomes-first-city-to-pave-their-streets-with-recycled-plastic/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Vancouver Plastic Asphalt Paving Greenest City Streets
    The City of Vancouver has set the lofty goal of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020 and, judging by their latest green innovation, they are thinking outside of the box to get there. To help up their green quotient, Vancouver has started paving its streets with recycled plastic.  The city teamed up with GreenMantra of Toronto to melt together old plastic and asphalt to create a paving mixture that is much better for the environment than traditional asphalt....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/vancouver-becomes-first-city-to-pave-their-streets-with-recycled-plastic/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Vancouver Plastic Asphalt Paving Greenest City
    The City of Vancouver has set the lofty goal of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020 and, judging by their latest green innovation, they are thinking outside of the box to get there. To help up their green quotient, Vancouver has started paving its streets with recycled plastic.  The city teamed up with GreenMantra of Toronto to melt together old plastic and asphalt to create a paving mixture that is much better for the environment than traditional asphalt....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/vancouver-becomes-first-city-to-pave-their-streets-with-recycled-plastic/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Vancouver Becomes First City to Use Recycled Plastic Asphalt Paving

The City of Vancouver has set the lofty goal of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020 and, judging by their latest green innovation, they are thinking outside of the box to get there. To help up their green quotient, Vancouver has started paving its streets with recycled plastic.  The city teamed up with GreenMantra of Toronto to melt together old plastic and asphalt to create a paving mixture that is much better for the environment than traditional asphalt....

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