Environmentally Advanced Road Markings Pave a Safer Way

Specialty materials company Rohm and Haas has developed an innovative line of acrylic resins that function as road paint binders. The environmentally advanced formulation of these resins is based on water rather than solvents, the traditional binder used in road paints. Waterborne materials preserve air quality for travelers and road crews alike by eliminating the potentially unhealthy and harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that solventborne materials emit. In addition, waterborne acrylic resins use renewable water as a main ingredient instead of costly fossil fuels that require energy-intensive transport and refining. This earth-friendly and worker-safe waterborne formulation has drawn positive governmental attention. (Photo: Business Wire)