A council using to resurface roads used with plastic bottles?!

A council is planning to resurface all its roads with a mixture containing recycled bottles to tackle plastic waste.

Enfield Council, which is controlled, has already resurfaced one road in the combination of asphalt and plastic and intends to do more.

It says the mix is tougher and more durable than standard tarmac and helps save the environment. The waste would otherwise go into landfill.It can also reduce the number of potholes!

And soon the transport of London will give funding to council's plans which will come into force around next month. Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, Daniel Anderson, said: ‘We all know that plastics can have a devastating impact on the environment, particularly when the product reaches our seas and oceans. ‘We all have a responsibility to step up our efforts to help the environment by recycling more, up cycling and responsibly sourcing materials.’

He added: ‘Enfield Council is delighted with this road trial and hope we can use more of the product across the borough to help divert plastics from landfill and reduce the carbon footprint for road construction.’

It has been estimated there is more than 140 million tonnes of plastic in our oceans and seas, a figure which has risen dramatically in the past ten years.

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By Adi,GreenPlanet