RIL aims to launch waste plastic product for road construction
MUMBAI: After building a road with bitumen mixed with shredded end-of-life plastic in Maharashtra, Reliance IndustriesNSE -1.65 % plans to commercially launch the plastic mix for road builders.
The company is advising National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to include plastic mix in its specifications for road projects and will assist road builders in adapting to this technology which will utilise plastic waste to build stronger roads, said Vipul Shah, chief operating officer of petrochemical division at RIL.
“We just completed phase one which looked at finding and end-to-end solution for this. We also realised that the plastic to be used for road construction has to be a certain quality and size. We felt there was a need to launch a brand that would be guaranteed by Reliance for its quality,” Shah said.
