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more-inMumbai: The State has made it mandatory to use waste plastic and industrially-recycled plastic in all road construction and repair works. Following the government directions, use of waste plastic in asphalting work will now have a special mention in road tenders, and the chief engineer of the respective area will be tasked with supervising junior officers on whether they are using waste plastic or not. The Central government through a notification dated November 9, 2015, had made use of waste plastic mandatory in the upper layer of the asphalt road built by hot mix technique. The State PWD department on February 2, 2016, had asked its regional offices to use waste plastic in building roads on an experimental basis. The move, according to the government, will ensure roads with better quality at lesser price and help tackle the waste plastic problem, which is likely to arise after the ban..