Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance industries has approached National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for offering its ‘waste plastic-to-road’ technology that uses end-of-life plastic for road construction.
The company has already piloted a few projects and has constructed nearly a 40 kilometre-road by mixing 50 tonnes of end-of-life plastic waste with bitumen at its Nagothane manufacturing site in Raigad district.
“It took us some 14-18 months to develop this mechanism where we can use the end-of-life waste plastic like packaging of snacks and flimsy polyethylene bags, among others, in road construction.
“We are in talks with NHAI to share our experience and to help the use of end-of-life plastic for road construction,” the company’s COO Petrochemicals Business Vipul Shah told reporters. Apart from NHAI, RIL is also in talks with state governments and local bodies across the country for offering the technology, he said.
