Makoko 2035: An Encyclopedia

Saltcrete

The most common recycled use for brine waste is saltcrete, which is put into an asphalt mixture for making roads. Saltcrete and saltstone are used as building materials in Makoko and Lagos 2035. By fabricating Saltcrete, we are able to minimize polluting our water with salt after certain purification processes, this helps maintain a self sustaining Makoko.

Saltcrete is a mixture of cement with salts and brine, usually originating from liquid waste treatment plants. Its role is to immobilize hazardous waste and in some cases lower-level radioactive waste in the form of solid material.

Saltcrete is slowly being replaced by saltstone, which is less permeable and leachable. It represents just one of the many revolutionary building materials used in Makoko.

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