An initiative which started out as a pilot project is now being replicated across the city of Jamshedpur, and so far 48 to 50 kilometers of roads in the city have been constructed using plastic waste. Plastic bottles, wrappers, etc, are collected from across the city and brought to 10 collection centres. The waste is then broken down by shredding it to 2mm to 4mm before processing it further. This initiative was a result of a research started two years back by Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (JUSCO), a subsidiary of Indian corporate giant TATA. Plastic helps bind the road construction mix better resulting in longer lives for roads and also helps in cutting down the overall maintenance cost of a road.
15-Jun-15 
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