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The Central Government makes use of plastic waste mandatory in road
construction
cities like Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Jam-
shedpur, Indore, Lucknow, etc.
In the new guidelines, the government
has made it mandatory to use plastic
waste in the construction and repair
of service roads of national highways
within a radius of 50 kilometers in
urban-rural areas with five lakh popu-
lation. For this, collection centers will
be made for plastic waste at various
places so that the plastic waste can be
transported to the hot mix plant.
The new standards of the Indian Road
Congress (RRC) Code of Plastics were
prepared in November 2013. This is
the world’s first code of plastic to use
he Central government has made The Ministry of Road Transport and plastic waste in road construction. In
Tit mandatory to use plastic waste Highways issued guidelines on Febru- this, 10 per cent plastic waste is mixed
in the construction and repair of ser- ary 6 to the road construction agen- with coal tar in a hot mix plant.
vice roads or National Highways. This cies of the states and the Central gov-
will make the roads more durable, ernment. A senior ministry official said This consumes 15 per cent less coal
cheaper, stronger, and pothole free. that in January 2017, it had decided to tar and makes the highway durable
At the same time, it will be easier to use solid waste-plastic waste in road for 10 years (two times) instead of
dispose of urban plastic waste. construction. In this, 10 percent of five. Due to the plastic being water-
resistant, there are no potholes on
Apart from these benefits, the use plastic waste is used in the construc- the road due to rainwater entering
of plastic waste reduces the risk of tion of national highways. and the roads do not get spoiled in
harming the environment and death He said so far, plastic waste has been the changing season of summer and
of animals especially cows as they used in the construction of several winter.
won’t be able to eat the plastic bags thousand kilometers of highways.
from the gargnage. Plastic waste roads are being built in

Minister assures govt support to investors investing in plastic industry

2023 here, the minister said, “the
country boasts a strong and im-
partial legislative structure along
with favourable manpower and
technical expertise”, an official
statement said.
“India provides a big market as the
consumption power is increasing
along with a rising middle class,” he
said and asked investors to under-
stand India’s ethos and invest in the
country’s growth story.
More than 90 CEOs of the plastic
industry from both India and abroad
hemical and Fertilisers Minister Indian plastic industry and assured a participated in the conference.
CShri Mansukh Mandaviya on Fri- strong government support. Address-
day called on investors to invest in ing CEOs conclave at PLASTINDIA
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