Construction starts on SA's first plastic road

The Kouga Municipality has a R500-million backlog in road maintenance.DA leader Mmusi Maimane has been told about 1.8-million plastic bags will be used in one kilometre of road.

"Our intention here in the municipality is that people can recycle their plastic, we can mix it with the right binding agent and ensure that ultimately we can lay out new roads in towns such as this one", Maimane said.Environmentalists say they'll watch the trial project closely. " I haven't been able to find any research on whether the road does break down into microplastics later on or if it adheres to any toxins like microplastics do. So I think there is more research needed," Stacey Webb of Sustainable Seas Trust said.

If the project is a success, the Kouga Municipality hopes to build a factory to produce the plastic pellets locally.

Great opportunity

Plastic road huh🤔, what's gonna happen when protestors start burning the road with tyres ? just asking

there's one in kzn already

Different material please

FatalMoves Unfortunately your news is OLD news - already been done in KZN about a month ago and another trial on the N3 is about to take place

mpofu_gugu mandypux ;)

Now one burnt tyre during strike will burn 5km of plastic road

SA's first plastic road?

Izinqa zivele obala 👍

This is the work of corruption when they give tender for roads construction you take money to feed your hungry stomach then you end up building the plastic road. The government lecture everyone to be corrupt because they are corrupted

I hope it's fireproof because here we burn tyres immediately we get constipated.

Soon otla utlwa bare CyrilRamaphosa o jele zaka yadi plastic 😂😂

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