
By Reem Al Daaysi
PLANS are underway in Bahrain to re-purpose used tyres and plastic waste to construct roads or as asphalt enhancers it has emerged.
This follows the previous recycling of demolition and construction waste to create roads, as well as using baghouses – industrial dust collectors – to produce concrete.
According to Supreme Council for Environment (SCE) waste management head Mohammed Aman, almost 50 per cent of waste generated in Bahrain annually has the potential to be reduced, recycled and re-purposed.
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