In true
Scottish fashion of bringing something new to the world, Linkwood Steadings
Housing development present in Elgin Scotland has built a road using about
17000 bags of plastic.
But how
does one do that? Well, flexibility is an advantage, but that’s just a property
useful for making the road.
Well,
you first convert 20 tons of plastic, which is almost equal to 17000 bags of
plastic into tiny solid pieces or pellets, and use them as the road surface.
Interestingly, this road built not only resembles a normal road but is also
more durable, thanks to the plastic flexibility.
Importantly,
this road is built of plastic that would be taken to a landfill or the
incinerator, leading to even more air or soil pollution, as per Dave Main from
the Springfield Properties.
MacRebur
supported the statement. MacRebur is the company that took up the contract of
constructing the said road.
Sarah
Larkin, the contracts manager of MacRebur hopes that this would inspire others
to look for more eco- friendly modes of construction material. Also, she
believes that other developers would soon come a-knocking, as their company
spreads all over the country and into the UK. Perhaps, across the planet too.
Quite a
recent company, they established their first factories in Dumfries and Galloway
this March.
We can
only hope that they will grow from here on and become big.
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