Wavy Plastic vs. Steel: The Concrete Showdown

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Steel rebar may have met its match – in the form of wavy plastic Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.3	On today's episode,
0:59.5	Wavy Plastic vs. Steel, the Concrete Showdown.
1:02.6	A story that sounds completely fake at first,
1:05.2	scientists are testing whether plastic
1:06.8	can someday replace steel rebar inside concrete.
1:10.1	Yes, plastic. Not superhero manna steel material,
1:13.6	more like 3D printer filament from your garage material. And somehow it's working. Researchers in
1:19.0	the United Arab Emirates have developed bizarre looking wavy, toothed, serrated plastic
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