STABILISED SOIL ROADS AND HOUSES
A new British chemical industry appears a hkely development of recent discoveries made by chemists of the . Chemical Company, of Gcrrard’s Cross, Buckinghamshire, of means of utilising the valuable chemical substances contained in sisal waste. Hitherto the material remaining of the sisal plant after the extraction of tow and fibre has been regarded as valueless, but the company has now produced from (his waste a soil stabilising agent known as Pcctosol. Pcciosol, when mixed with ordinary soil, forms a hard waterproof material, similar to concrete and cement, which ' .in be used in road and house building. A prototype nathe hut (pictured here) is being built in the grounds of Bui-sirod-e Mansion, and will shortly be inspected by represen afves of the Colonial Office and the various Commonweal h offices. Pectosol stabilised soil as a road surface is already being practically tested in the field by the Overseas Food (Corporation (in charge of the Groundnuts Scheme) in Kcnva, and by the United Africa Company in Nigeria.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23154, 17 January 1950, Page 6
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170STABILISED SOIL ROADS AND HOUSES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23154, 17 January 1950, Page 6
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