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Md S Hossain, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington

Infusing asphalt with plastic could help roads last longer and resist cracking under heat

A stretch of road near Rockwall, Texas, paved with plastic-infused asphalt. Md. Sahadat Hossain

Globally, more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, and less than 10% is recycled. Much of the rest ends up burned, buried or drifting through waterways, a problem that’s only getting worse.

As a civil engineer, I started asking a simple question: Instead of throwing used plastic away, what if we could build something useful with it?

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