Heavy duty tracks and flooring are being created by an Emirati startup from plastic waste.

Even as the world moves towards sustainability via tech and renewable power, along with smart farms that will ensure food security, plastic pollution continues to be a major threat that's even flooding oceans in most parts of the world. In a bid to reduce the piles of garbage turning landfills into hills, the UAE recently launched one of the world's largest waste to energy units, which is similar to Kuwait's bid for recycling mounds of tyres in the middle of the desert.

Among similar initiatives in the Middle East, debris, broken glass and other material from demolition sites in Beirut is being converted into a material, which will be used for building park benches and similar furniture. Speaking of innovative startups achieving futuristic feats with recycling, a firm based in the UAE is using plastic waste to reprocess it and build flooring material, that can also pave the way for temporary roads to handle heavy vehicles.

Designed for durability, the Trident Trackway product is meant to create smooth paths so that vehicles can have access to remote areas by driving through rocky terrain. The strong and portable tiles are also suitable for assembling staging areas as well as storage pads, on a temporary basis at any location.

Driven by a vision to convert the maximum ammount of plastic into durable material, the firm Trident is eyeing growing demand for sustainability in the construction as well as event management sectors for now. These solutions were also used for providing surface protection at the Dubai Expo site, while it was still in the construction phase.

The startup which has recycled 440 tonnes of plastic into 50,000 square metres of flooring, now plans to invest in plywood replacement, where 24 tonnes of mixed trash will be converted into plywood-like boards every day.

As consumption continues to rise and waste management is a non-negotiable way to secure the future, even garments are being made from repurposed plastic in the Middle East.