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Cold recycling gains traction as Wirtgen SA Introduces Africa’s first W380 CR recycling train
South Africa’s ageing road infrastructure is under growing pressure - from material shortages and tightening budgets to rising traffic volumes and sustainability demands. Against this backdrop, cold recycling is emerging as one of the most compelling solutions for long-term, cost-effective road rehabilitation. To explore how this technology is reshaping the industry, Juanita Pienaar spoke with Waylon Kukard, Sales Manager at Wirtgen SA, about the increasing role of cold recycling, the introduction of Africa’s first W380 CR cold recycling train, and what this could mean for the future of road construction and maintenance across the region.
Infrastructure under strain According to Kukard, many of the challenges currently facing road
rehabilitation projects in South Africa mirror those being experienced globally. Chief among them is the growing scarcity of raw materials. “One of the major challenges most countries are facing is the scarcity of material,” he explains. “New quarries are becoming less and less, and environmental approvals are increasingly difficult to obtain. As a result, contractors are being forced to look at rehabilitating existing infrastructure while reusing as much of the material
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