New Village Initiative Advanced Materials Group’s (NVIAMG) NewRoad® asphalt additives engineered with waste plastic recently reached the five-year milestone of strong in-field performance in some of the nation’s harshest pavement-testing environments.

 

“We have five years of use with strong results,” says NVIAMG President Mark Beeman. “No failures. No recalls. No tear-outs. No complaints.  Five years of real world road and parking lot projects in harsh environments confirm that NewRoad® exceeds customer and industry expectations.”

 

Highlights of Success

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The highlights of those five years have been clear:

 

• NewRoad® contains highly engineered polymers made from post-consumer and post-commercial plastic, adding as much as 50% to a road’s lifespan while helping keep plastics out of the environment.

• Longer pavement lifespans mean a chance to lower carbon footprints and the potential to save money.

• Standard Hamburg torture tests showed NewRoad® pavement resists rutting and cracking far more than conventional mixes. 

• The pavement has earned rave reviews even after withstanding the unforgiving, freeze-and-thaw weather of Iowa and Minnesota. NewRoad® also performs well in extreme heat. 

 

A Proven Track Record

 

NewRoad® has proven itself, over and over, on roads and parking lots. 

 

“This is actual use, not ‘tests’ or ‘trying’ to do the right thing,” Beeman says. “We have patent-pending, real-world, customer-financed applications for state, county, city and five-star commercial accounts.  We have proven that you can put engineered plastic in roads, and improve performance and lower costs, if you understand the materials science involved.”