" The first New South Wales (NSW) road built with soft plastics and glass at Engadine in the Sutherland Shire will see plastic from approximately 176,000 plastic bags and packaging and 55,000 glass bottle equivalents diverted from landfill.
Sutherland Shire Council and Downer have partnered with resource recovery and recycling companies Close the Loop, RED Group and Plastic Police to set this new benchmark in sustainability in the State.
Along with soft plastics and glass, toner from approximately 4,000 used printer cartridges and more than 60 tonnes of recycled asphalt were also repurposed to create 220 tonnes of asphalt used to construct the road along Old Princes Highway between Cooper Street and Engadine Road in Sutherland Shire. "
Read the full story at http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Council/News-and-Publications/News/FIRST-NSW-ROAD-BUILT-WITH-PLASTIC-BAGS-AND-GLASSThe Council Road is made by using plastic bags, toner containers, ink and glass to build a local road - saving over 25% of new materials, the new surface can be recovered in some 30 -40 years and used again ... just another example of Local Government and the Public Sector acting on climate change...and working with companies acting on climate change and the environment ... think about , it means a Council collects plastics and broken glass that can not be recycled and then a provider turns it in a Council Road , for use by the Community, and intern saves the Community money and the environment .
