Project Summary
Civil Water Management is developing advanced recycled
materials for use in roadside drainage to improve both road
users’ safety and the capacity of the filter drain network,
so it can handle increasingly heavier and more frequent
rainfall events.
Recycled materials will include end-of-life tyres that
will be used in drainage applications rather than being
incinerated; reducing carbon release into the atmosphere.
It is thought that around 6100 tyres could be used for every
kilometre of filter drain installed, equating to 134 tonnes
of CO2 equivalent.
