Housing in Southern Africa August 2016

FE International Director,

Dr Mehan Zarrebini, says

the group recently commis-

sioned new machines to produce

various types of paving bricks,

tiles and innovative interlocking

paving mats, and has applied for

the Global Green Tag certification.

This independent certification

ensures healthy eco products and

the trusted certification standard

is the eco benchmark in over 70

countries.

The rubber crumb product is

produced at the Mathe Group’s

Hammarsdale plant, which forms part of the PFE International

Group, and manufactured under its wholly owned subsidiary Van

Dyck Carpets. It is distributed through a joint venture with Enviro-

build.

The rubber crumb is made from recycled rubber produced

from automotive and truck scrap tyres. During recycling steel and

tyre cord (fluff) is removed leaving the tyre rubber with a granular

consistency.

Zarrebini says the new product range will add another element

to the green star rating in terms of design and construction.

KwaZulu-Natal’s first eco-friendly rubber flooring specialist,

Envirobuild, will focus on sales and distribution of the new bricks

and paving products.

EnvirobuildManaging Director, Jaco Snyman, says that the prod-

ucts comprise 93% recycled materials and that there is a demand

for green building and sustainable products that meet building

requirements and ticks all the environmental boxes.

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Rubber

bricks

and

paving

PFE International has

developed a new rubber

crumb brick and paving

produc t made f rom

recycled truck tyres.

Dr Mehran

Zarrebini