Upcycling Waste Plastics into Materials for Transportation Infrastructure Construction
The study will identify opportunities for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to upcycle plastic waste in fill, aggregates, and other materials used to construct transportation infrastructure. Specifically, the study will describe the capabilities and characteristics of materials produced using existing technologies, develop case studies describing when and how upcycled plastic materials have been used in transportation infrastructure, identify promising use cases in Arizona, and—if sufficient data are available—analyze the costs and benefits of ADOT using upcycled plastic materials in Arizona.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Programmed
- Funding: $0.00
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Contract Numbers:
SPR-819
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Sponsor Organizations:
Arizona Department of Transportation Research Center
206 S. 17th Avenue
ADOT Research Center
Phoenix, AZ United States 85007 -
Managing Organizations:
Arizona Department of Transportation Research Center
206 S. 17th Avenue
ADOT Research Center
Phoenix, AZ United States 85007 -
Project Managers:
Masing, Deborah
- Performing Organizations: Tucson, Arizona United States 85721
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Principal Investigators:
Tirkolaei, Hamed
- Start Date: 20260801
- Expected Completion Date: 20270530
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: Advanced Research
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Plastics; Recycled materials; Recycling
- Geographic Terms: Arizona
- Subject Areas: Construction; Materials; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 02003025
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Arizona Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: SPR-819
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Sep 18 2026 4:51PM