Great job Dr Rajagopalan Vasudevan…

[dasari4kntr]

Rajagopalan Vasudevan, is an Indian scientist who has worked mainly in waste management. He is currently a professor in Thiagarajar College of Engineering.[1] He developed an innovative method to reuse plastic waste to construct better, more durable and very cost-effective roads. He thought up the idea of shredding plastic waste, mixing it with bitumen and using the polymerized mix in road construction. This method will help in making roads much faster and also will save environment from dangerous plastic waste. He also visited Mahatma schools on 15 April 2008. The roads also show greater resistance to damages caused by heavy rains.[2][3][4][5] His road construction method is now widely used to construct roads in rural India.[6] He was awarded India's fourth highest civilian honour Padma Shri in 2018.[7]

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajagopalan_Vasudevan

[kevinUsa]

Bro are u serious about it 

When rain water from these roads lead to micro plastics in  organic material.

Which Inturn enters out food chain these roads are bad for environment and bad for food chain too

[dasari4kntr]

 

[dasari4kntr]

2 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

Bro are u serious about it 

When rain water from these roads lead to micro plastics in  organic material.

Which Inturn enters out food chain these roads are bad for environment and bad for food chain too

Is it?

is there any incident recorded..?

i am curious to read about it… 

[kevinUsa]

Just now, dasari4kntr said:

Is it?

is there any incident recorded..? 

I have read it  anduke vesa

[dasari4kntr]

1 minute ago, kevinUsa said:

I have read it  anduke vesa

Source veyyii…

i will read..

but…already piles of plastic tho…environment already spoiled kadaa…

[Paamu]

11 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

Bro are u serious about it 

When rain water from these roads lead to micro plastics in  organic material.

Which Inturn enters out food chain these roads are bad for environment and bad for food chain too

already daily avtune undi kada... malli kotha ga avvadam enti bro

[dasari4kntr]

17 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

Bro are u serious about it 

When rain water from these roads lead to micro plastics in  organic material.

Which Inturn enters out food chain these roads are bad for environment and bad for food chain too

looks like lot of countries adopted this…

found your point…may be advantages are more than disadvantages…thats why all countries are adopting this…may be they are regulations i guess.. where to pave the road..
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_road

AdvantagesEdit

• In the proposed model by Volkerwessels, plastic roads can have hollow space built in to allow ease of wiring, connecting pipes, etc.^[16]
• Since plastics come with various chemical and physical properties, roads can be engineered to meet specific requirements (e.g. weather and wear resistance)
• Plastic roads can be built from waste plastic --- the majority of which is usually put into landfill, incinerated, or polluted into the environment. Land-filling and incinerating plastic are both problematic methods of managing plastic waste. Plastics in landfills can leak pollutants into the surrounding soil; incinerating creates gaseous pollutants, such as carbon dioxide.^[13]
• Plastic-bitumen composite roads need not be especially discriminating with the plastics used, thus increasing the reuse of plastic. Most plastic waste is not recycled because it is usually mixed with different types of plastic and non-plastic (e.g. paper labels) and, so far, the segregation process is labor-intensive with no easy solution.^[13]
• Using less asphalt saves on cost and resources. Asphalt concrete requires petroleum which is becoming more scarce.^[8][25]
• The addition of plastic in asphalt can reduce the viscosity of the mix. This allows a lower working temperature, which lowers VOC and CO emissions.^[4]
• Plastic-bitumen composite roads have better wear resistance than standard asphalt concrete roads. They do not absorb water, have better flexibility which results in less rutting and less need for repair. Road surfaces remain smooth, are lower maintenance, and absorb sound better.^[26]

DisadvantagesEdit

• Pure plastic roads require use of compatible plastics because, when melted, plastics of different types may phase-separate and cause structural weaknesses, which can lead to premature failure.
• Plastics in the road can break down into microplastics and can find their way into the soil and bodies of water. These microplastics can also absorb other pollutants.^[27]
• Every time maintenance is performed on these modular roads the flow of power, water, and internet that has been installed within will be interrupted.

[Mr Mirchi]