Microplastic Consequences of using Plastic waste additives in Highway Construction
[potentially for the attention of Matthew Waning, who is quoted here:
https://interplasinsights.com/plastics-e... ]
Dear Sirs,
In the publicity surrounding the ADEPT SMART Places Live Labs Programme in relation to Cumbria's "Plastic Roads" project ( https://www.adeptnet.org.uk/news/live-la... ), I can't find any reference to microplastics.
Please would you advise the methodology in your project to monitor for release of microplastics from the road surface (I assume these are released through abrasion, if nothing else).
If there is no plan to monitor microplastic release from the new road surfaces, relative to traditional surfaces, please explain why and if this strand of study will be added. (Microplastics are increasingly being studied, with this just one example:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/newsande... .)
Thank you for your time.
Yours faithfully,
Paula Chatfield
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Dear Paula Chatfield
Environmental Information Regulations 2004, Reference: FOI-9300-2021
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
[1]https://cumbria.gov.uk
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Dear Information Governance,
many thanks for your helpful reply.
With best wishes,,
Paula Chatfield
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