Centre advises States, Union Territories to use plastic waste for road construction
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Centre advises States, Union Territories to use plastic waste for road construction

To tackle the challenge of plastic waste management, the central government has recently advised states and Union Territories to use plastic waste up to 8 percent of the weight of bitumen in roads within cities, including internal roads of housing colonies and office complexes. In 2015, a Minis...

To tackle the challenge of plastic waste management, the central government has recently advised states and Union Territories to use plastic waste up to 8 percent of the weight of bitumen in roads within cities, including internal roads of housing colonies and office complexes. In 2015, a Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) order made it mandatory to use plastic waste mixed with bitumen in roads with a population of 0.5 million and above. According to the latest Central Pollution Control Board [CPCB] figures, 4.12 tonnes of plastic waste was generated in 2020-21. Around 60 percent of that was recycled. For each km of road with 3.75 m width, using 1 tonne of plastic waste mixed with bitumen can save `0.63 million, according to a 2019 MoHUA plastic waste management document.

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