Innovative methods to handle smoked cigarettes are invented by scientists from Italy and Spain. They offer to use cigarette butts to build and repair roads.
Experts from Bologna and Granadsky universities have attracted attention to the growing popularity of the processed asphalt, reinforced by cellulose fibers. Currently, it is increasingly used in road construction in Europe. Because tobacco filters include mainly cellulose, scientists decided to try them as a similar fortress.
Treatment technology includes a number of stages: Tobacco waste collection, cleaning, grinding and mixing with wax. The mixture is pressed, heated and cut into particles. They are used as a construction component. According to scientists, asphalt with Granuls has more power than the same as usual. It can be used by repairing roads and sidewalks, especially in cities where there is a lot of tobacco waste and popular science.
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