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Used tyres could soon be used for building roads

Feb 14, 2009 News

…as Budget makes provision for research, transfer of technology

By Gary Eleazar

For decades, Guyana has been plagued by the problem of discarded rubber tyres blocking drains or just plain destroying the ambience of the country, but the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) will, this year, seek to change that.
In the 2009 budget, some $35M has been allocated for the continuation of research into the use of fire clay aggregates, but the bulk of that money will be expended in a new project, namely the recycling of used rubber tyres to produce road surface aggregates.
According to Deputy Director of IAST Colin Croal, the project is a new concept and the money will be used for the research into how to achieve the goal in the most feasible way, and then have this technology transferred to either the private sector or Government for use in future.
“We will be researching to see if it can be done.”
Guyana has long been considered by some for garbage from Europe and Japan in the form of used tyres, which don’t last too long, and they end up clogging drainage canals and becoming breeding grounds for various vermin.
IAST is an industrial research organisation which has as its mandate the development and/or adaptation of appropriate technology for the utilisation of Guyana’s natural resources, so that these resources can be gainfully developed and exploited for the benefit of the people of Guyana.
The Institute was formed in 1977, and one of its most recent projects was an experimental demonstration of road repair using kilned clays which are suitable to replace expensive quarried materials.
Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud, at the launch, had stated that with the success of this project, roads could be made more affordable for farm-to-market access.
The IAST was challenged by President Bharrat Jagdeo to investigate the improvements that could be made to the current process of road construction, which would provide an inexpensive long-term solution for farm-to-market access roads, and simultaneously provide a means for rural employment.

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