By Angella Semu
PRETORIA-(MaraviPost)-Shisalanga Construction company in South African takes a step in tackling waste problem in the country.
Using Plastic milk bottles, the company is using milk bottles to improve the quality of its roads. The company is the first in South Africa to lay a section of road that’s partly plastic.
Currently more than 400 meters of the road in Cliffdale, on the outskirts of Durban has been renovated using asphalt that is made up of almost 40,000 recycled two-liter plastic milk bottles.
According to the South African Road Federation, potholes cost the country’s road users an estimated $3.4 billion per year in vehicle repairs and injuries. This revolution is believed to reduce that despite the concerns over potential carcinogenic gases created during production and the release of microplastics as the roads wears off.
Wynand Nortje, the technical manager for the company as quoted by CNN said: “The performance of our plastic mix is better than traditional modifiers, the fatigue seems improved and resistance to water deformation is as good or better”.
