Texas drivers could soon have smoother commutes thanks to a surprising ingredient — plastic bags.
Engineers at the University of Texas at Arlington have developed a method to blend shredded plastic into asphalt, and early results suggest that it holds up better than standard road-building materials even under stress.
As KERA News reported, the team led by civil engineering professor Sahadat Hossain paved a 3,500-foot stretch of State Highway 205 in Rockwall with the asphalt-shredded plastic mix. It became the first highway in Texas to use the material…