Plastic brick invention to launch in Cape Town
A new invention created by Donald Thompson, the CEO of The Center of Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC) can turn any plastic (clean or dirty) into sustainable building materials and is looking like a hopeful solution to the dire plastic pollution problem in South Africa – starting with Cape Town.
Imagine if all of the country’s unrecycled plastic waste, which currently totals roughly 1 100 000 tonnes a year, could create thousands of jobs while simultaneously cleaning up our environment and helping build homes, hospitals, schools, and roads.
The EcoArena Pre-Conditioned Resin Aggregate (PRA) and Ecoblock is an innovative environmentally-friendly product which incorporates regenerated waste plastic particles combined with a standard sand-cement mixture to produce a highly resistant, durable cement or cement block.
Source: capetownetc.com
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