Hyderabad: The GHMC will use plastic thrown in garbage to build city roads, GHMC commissioner D. Janardhan Reddy said on Friday. The plastic will be turned into a polyblend that can be used in laying roads.
The city generates 3,500 tonnes of garbage of which plastic comprises a large percentage. The GHMC engineering wing has been directed to study how other cities make use of plastic to build roads, he said.
In 2010, the GHMC had laid roads made of plastic-bitumen at NGO’s Colony in BN Reddy Nagar, LB Nagar as an experiment. The Rs 20 lakh project was implemented with the help of Bengaluru-based KK Plastic Waste Management Ltd.
“BT roads are susceptible to extensive monsoon damage, plastic roads have proved resilient. Plastic reduces environmental pollution besides doubling road durability. It also enhances the binding capacity of bitumen which enables the roads to bear higher loads, thereby decreasing fatigue and enhancing road life”, a senior engineer with the GHMC said.
