Researchers in Netherlands exploring use of lignin as alternative asphalt binder
Green Car Congress
JULY 8, 2019
In the Netherlands there are now test roads and cycle paths that are paved with a bitumen-like product made from the natural binder lignin. Most of this is mixed with aggregates such as crushed rock, sand and gravel to create asphalt—the sticky bitumen binds it all together—to build roads.
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