KLP®: Sustainable Recycled Plastic Solutions
KLP® Hybrid Polymer Sleepers: High-quality ductile polymer, reinforced with steel. Strong, stable, sustainable, recyclable.
Environmental Benefits
- Manufactured from recycled materials – steel and polymers
- 100% Recyclable – steel and polymer can easily be separated
- Contains no glass fibres – no special respiratory PPE required
- Significantly lower CO2 footprint compared to concrete
- Does not rot or decay
- Chemically resistant
- No leaching of chemicals into soil
- No softeners, chlorides, cadmium or other environmentally harmful additives used
- UV radiation protection – doesn’t break down due to use of “Carbon Black”
- 50 Year+ design life
Carbon Emissions
CO2 emission calculations for manufacturing of KLP Hybrid Polymer Products had been performed by Technical University A W (TAUW) to enable comparisons to equivalent products to be done.
