Para-rubber to be used to pave roads: Premier
Four hundred roads across the country are to be paved using 20,000 tonnes of para-rubber this year and in 2020, as part of the Cabinet-approved solution to tackle the falling rubber price, according to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha.
In addition to the rubber-mixed paving, which will be done by Army, other state agencies have also been instructed to promote the domestic use of para-rubber products such as using durable rubber foam pillows and mattresses for military camps and prisons or applying the rubber mixture to repair or maintain sport arenas, the premier said. The policy to boost para-rubber processing could also see more factories processing latex into para-rubber sheets and adding value to products, he added.
