Buffer pavement

Waste Works offers a biobased, circular and climate adaptive pavement. This buffer pavement helps to prevent waterflooding after heavy rainfall, lower the co2 emissions in the concrete market and fasten the transition to a circular economy.

How does it work?

The Waste Works buffer pavement has a buffer crate system below the layer of circular, biobased tiles. The crate system is made of recycled plastics. The system provides a buffer capacity of 78 to 142 liter of water per square meter.  

Rainwater can flow between the tiles through the crate system. From the crate it then seeps into the ground. In that way, the buffer pavement not only prevents water flooding, but it also provides for a less dry soil.

These crates make streets therefore climate adaptive. Because of the variable hight of the crate system, the buffer capacity can be adapted as necessary.

Circular tiles

The tiles are made of recycled elephant grass and concrete rubble granulate. This makes the tiles less damaging for the environment than tiles of ordinary concrete.

After their lifespan, Waste Works takes them back again to make new tiles out of them: completely circular.

Contact

Erwin van der Zwaag, founder Waste Works
Telephone: 06-44915726
Website: www.wasteworks.nl
Email: info@wasteworks.nl

Alliance partners

The innovation project with Waste Works on Campus Groningen is a collaboration of Innovatiepartners, Startup in Residence Amsterdam, Startup in Residence Noord-Nederland, Founded in Friesland, Founded in Groningen, the University of Groningen, Waste Works and Campus Groningen.