Nitin Gadkari-led ministry backs IIT technology of using waste plastic in bitumen for national highways; India’s first NH-44 pilot stretch laid, new method could cut bitumen use 4% and costs 20%
The technology used to produce premium-quality Waste Plastic Modified Bitumen was developed by IIT (BHU). (Image for representative purpose only) In a first for the road sector, the Nitin Gadkari-led Road Transport Ministry has used waste plastic in a wet mix with bitumen to construct a bituminous stretch of a national highway. The initiative could…
