Summary:
As plastic is water-resistant, having plastic mixed with bitumen will minimise the damage of roads from heavy rains. The idea is to make the road surface tougher and enhance its life-span. It will also serve the purpose of helping minimise plastic waste from polluting environment, as it will be recycled and mixed with bitumen,” said an official. It, however, gives more strength and normally lasts at least 10 to 15 years more than the normal bitumen-layered roads,” said a road construction material expert.“Using plastic waste can bring in two advantages. The main issue is to properly blend the plastic waste with bitumen,” said road construction expert Sandipon Bose, the quality control head of Jalnidhi Bitumen Specialties Private Limited.A road construction expert said: “A certain amount of crushed plastic waste will be first melted in high temperature, after which the melted plastic will be blended with the bitumen aggregator..