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 eel guilty about throwing plastic waste but don't grow what to do? A Bangale rebased from a team of engineers from Banglore University have developed a way of using plastic waste for road construction. On April 9, Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna inaugurated a e-long test track just outside Banglore University in Kengri. This is the first
Experts led by Professor C.E.G. Justo from the Center for Transportation Engineering are carrying out tests about its strength and durability. The Government is keen to encourage setting up small plants for mixing waste plastic for road construction.
An initial study on the process was conducted in 1997 by a team of students at the R. Collage of Engineering. Banglore and the results were forwarded to the Road Research Centre in Banglore University. These results were reviewed over a year and several tesets were carried out, According to the report submitted by Justo and A. Veeragaghvan, coordinatior. Road Research Centre the results were highly encouraging.
The report noted that the use of processed plastic in bitamen would reduce the amount of bitamen used besides increasing the road's life roughly threefold. On one side these roads cost more than convendors ones. The troublesome 20 mieron thick plastic bags whose use has been banned in several states across the country can be easily disposed of in this way.
KK Polyfle the company which laid the novel road now plans to collect waste plastic from bomes. The benefits could trickle down to rag pickers too they may get more money for the bags.
Plastic have been associated with reproductive problems in animals and humans. Now the great polluler may be repareen in benign form.
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