CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has launched drive to convert the single use plastic waste into specialized bitumen (CRMB55) that can be used for construction of roads and highways.

Detailed explanation-2: -This is the result of an invention by Simon Jorritsma and Anne Koudstaal. collaboration between three companies: VolkerWessels, Wavin, and Total. The “Plastic Road” built by the three companies consists of prefabricated, hollow, modular elements made from consumer waste plastics.

Detailed explanation-3: -The people of Bengaluru can now proudly say they have a road built entirely from recycled plastic - potentially the first in the city.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 850-meter road outside IOC’s R&D Centre in Faridabad used about 16 metric tonnes of waste plastic from single-use carry bags/packaging film waste.

Detailed explanation-5: -Many countries, including the United States, Pakistan, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, Indonesia, and the Netherlands, use this plastic road technology. The Indian city of Chennai is the only metropolitan city to have started construction of about 1000 km long plastic road in 2004 using plastic waste.