PAK-PAVE™ Roads
PAK-PAVE™ Roads is an asphalt made with >50% recycled material including recycled paper cups collected by Simply Cups.
Using recycled materials in road and traffic construction decreases materials going to landfill and encourages a circular economy.
How is PAK-PAVE™ Roads made with cups?
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STEP 1:
Cups are collected by Simply Cups
Cups such as coffee cups, takeaway soft drink cups, takeaway ice-cream and gelato cups and other paper cups are collected by Simply Cups.
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STEP 2:
Shredded cups processing
Cups are processed and shredded to create a CLESmix. CLESmix is then transformed into PAK-PAVE™ Fibre which present the cups in an acceptable for to be used in the roads.
![](https://closedloop.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PAK-PAVE™-Roads.jpg)
STEP 3:
PAK-PAVE™ Roads is created
PAK-PAVE™ Fibre is combined with rocks, sand and bitumen to create PAK-PAVE™ Roads, Australia’s first road made with recycled coffee cups.
PAK-PAVE™ Roads
![](https://closedloop.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CLESmix.jpg)
CLESmix
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PAK-PAVE™ Fibre
![](https://closedloop.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Asphalt-in-truck.jpg)
PAK-PAVE™ Roads
![](https://closedloop.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rolling-asphalt.jpg)
PAK-PAVE™ Roads
![](https://closedloop.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Asphalts.jpg)
State Asphalt NSW
Benefits of roads made with recycled materials
PAK-PAVE™ Roads have many benefits including:
- Improved pavement durability and crack resistance
- Improved wet weather skid resistance and reduced noise levels from surface texture
- Improved durability of Stone Mastic Asphalt allows thinner surfacing of roads; where thickness can be reduced the cost per m2 of pavement is also reduced
- Less raw materials are required
- Lower carbon footprint
Other recycled products
Browse our range of recycled products. See all recycled products here.
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rCUP
The world’s first reusable coffee cup made with disposable coffee cups. See more.
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saveBOARD
Sustainable building material made with long-life milk cartons and cups collected by Simply Cups. See more.
![](https://closedloop.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Upcycled-garden-bed-1.jpg)
Garden Beds
Made from 100% recycled plastic and paper cups collected by Simply Cups. See more.
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Stay Tray
Australia’s first reusable drink tray made from 100% recycled material. See more.
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Wheel Stops
Made from 100% recycled plastic and paper cups collected by Simply Cups. See more.