SCOTTISH PLASTIC ROADS FIRM MACREBUR LAYS TRACKS IN THE US

MacRebur Ltd is excited to announce the launch of its patented plastic roads concept in America this autumn.

Two directors from the award-winning Scottish firm will travel Stateside in September to oversee trials at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD). Roads will be laid at the UCSD campus featuring a mix of MacRebur’s three bitumen replacement products: MR6, MR8 and MR10, which are all made from waste plastics. Research teams from UCSD will thereafter monitor the road surfaces and perform various tests on the asphalt.

Toby McCartney, CEO of MacRebur, said: “Going to the United States presents a massive opportunity for the company. There’s already been some testing carried out in the US and it concluded that our MR range meets stringent American asphalt performance standards.

“Our global expansion plans are progressing rapidly with retailers now lined up on every continent and our vision of countries using their own waste plastics to improve their roads is becoming a worldwide reality.”

Looking forward to working with the firm, Gary Oshima, UCSD’s construction commodity manager, said: “UC San Diego has been shaped by exceptional scholars who aren’t afraid to push boundaries, challenge expectations and redefine conventional wisdom in order to create a healthier planet. We pride ourselves in being a pioneer in new technologies and innovation and have always strived to become a leader in sustainable solutions in our classrooms, in our research institutions and in our promotion of sustainable behaviours and practices.

Creating alternative uses for recycled plastic will be a crucial challenge that we all must resolve and maintaining over four million miles of roads in the United States will be an ever-growing problem. MacRebur’s solution addresses both of these critical challenges and UC San Diego is pleased to introduce this product to our campus to test the viability of utilising it on a larger scale in California and the rest of the country.”

California is just the start as over the next six months there are also MacRebur roads planned for Ohio and surrounding states.

Furthermore, the company has more trials pending in Canada, Mexico, Panama, Chile and Brazil, with the products having already been sold there.

Macrebur will also soon be launching its second fundraising round on leading European equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs. Funds from the round will be used to further scale up the business and purchase further infrastructure to manufacture its products locally in the various countries it has laid its roads. MacRebur previously raised over £1.2m on Seedrs, from over 1000 unique investors across 28 countries.