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Asia News , Plastics & Rubber

Plastic waste to pave roads in Bhutan

by Rekha Seshadri November 5, 2015 2 Comments
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Department of Roads in Bhutan has teamed up with an entrepreneur and a recycling plant to use plastic waste in road mix.

Inspired by road paving technique used in some Indian cities, Ritesh Gurung, a plastic waste entrepreneur, approached his country’s roads department to use a similar technique in Bhutan. Under the Green Road project, plastic bottles and other plastic waste are processed in a recycling plant before the material is added to bitumen. The road paving technique uses 10-15% of recycled plastic, and may use up all the plastic waste generated in this small Himalayan kingdom in the long run. These roads are likely to remain maintenance-free for five years while traditional roads require repairs within a year or two. The plastic road project is expected to reduce road construction and repair costs, in addition to reducing plastic waste in landfills by 30-40%.

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2 Replys to “Plastic waste to pave roads in Bhutan”

  1. Joy Mclaughlin says:
    February 1, 2016 at 3:21 pm

    Reducing plastic waste is very important for the society and our environment. This a big issue of many countries that have to deal with this issue!

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  2. Ona Bass says:
    February 9, 2016 at 2:16 am

    Sounds like a great technique. I can think of a few roads in my local area that could use that treatment.

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