Page 13 - 2020 Sustainability report DOW Thailand Group

Eliminating plastic waste

Recycled Plastic Road Project
Dow Thailand Group, the Department of Highways, the
Recycled Plastic Road Project
Department of Rural Roads, SCG, and Chiang Mai University
• 3 tons of plastic waste,
have cooperated to develop plastic waste as an ingredient
equivalent to nearly 900,000
in asphalt concrete for road construction. The plastic mixture plastic bags, can be used to
improves durability and prolongs the service life of the road. build a road of 6 meters wide
and 1 kilometer long
The collaboration aims to set a new standard for constructing
• In 2020, Dow Thailand Group
roads in the country by responding to the need for waste and SCG partnered with other
management and the cost-effective use of resources in line with organizations to recycle 23 tons
of waste plastic as a road
the government's BCG Economy (Bio - Circular - Green Economy)
7.7 kilometers long
policy. • 50 million bags is the amount
A 1-kilometer-long recycled plastic road of 6 meters width of plastic packaging waste
diverted as a result of Dow's
utilizes approximately 3 tons of plastic waste, equal to nearly
recycled plastic road project
900,000 plastic bags. In 2020, Dow Thailand Group and SCG around the world
partnered with other private companies to construct 7.7 kilometers
of the road using 23 tons of plastic bags.
Dow has initiated recycled plastic road programs in
many countries, including the United States, Indonesia, India,
Vietnam, and the Philippines. The objective is to find usage of
the difficult-to-recycle plastic waste and raise awareness of the
cost-effective use of resources following the circular economy
principles. So far, the project has globally diverted more than 50
million packaging bags from landfills.

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