Roads to be laid with plastic waste
Posted on: 28/Sep/2013 12:29:44 PM
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had earlier stated that based on the success of roads laid with plastic waste, the Tamil Nadu government has planned to relay 1,100 km roads in rural and urban areas by mixing plastic waste with bitumen. Roads will also be repaired using plastic waste at a cost of Rs 50 crore, for which financial assistance will come from the environment protection and renewable energy development fund.
Jayalalithaa said her government was making earnest efforts to reduce plastic waste that was posing environmental hazards. By using it for road laying, the government was not only able to consume plastic waste, but also enhance the quality of roads, she said. Piling up of plastic waste on roads, water bodies and landfill sites remains a big challenge, despite the Centre notifying Plastic Waste (Handling and Management) rules, 2011, banning plastic bags with less than 40 microns thickness, she said.
