CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Reliance Industries launching new project to use plastics in road construction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Only plastic conforming to Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), PET and Polyurethane shall only be used in pavement construction. Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Carry bags, sacks, milk pouches, bin lining, cosmetic and detergent bottles.

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 advantages of using waste plastics for road construction are many. The process is easy and does not need any new machinery. For every kilo of stone, 50 gms of bitumen is used and 1/10th of this is plastic waste; this reduces the amount of bitumen being used.

Detailed explanation-5: -The roads are functioning well without potholes, traveling, and rutting. Plastics-waste is coated over aggregate. This helps to have a better binding of bitumen with the plastic-waste coated aggregate which leads to increased bonding and increased area of contact between polymer and bitumen.