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In 2018, the Netherlands turned 1,000 kg of household plastic into a 30-metre cycle path; the road contained the equivalent of 218,000 plastic cups- In 2020, California repaved a highway using recycled materials, including 150,000 plastic bottles per mile; it could last 2-3 times longer than conventional asphalt
- 6,000 milk bottle road in China: How plastic waste found a strange second life in Shanghai
- In 2021, Victoria used 2,100 tons of recycled road base to rebuild the Hume Freeway. 5 years later, its 850-metre stretch had turned waste into a longer-lasting road tooPlastic bags and glass bottles usually end up in the trash. In Australia, some became part of a highway instead. Engineers rebuilt an 850-m...09 Sep, 2026, 07.33 PM IST
- In 2021, Missouri added just 1% waste plastic to a two-mile road, that tiny share consumed 10 tons, equal to 750,000 soda bottlesIn 2021, Missouri transportation officials discussed a road project that tested recycled plastic in asphalt pavement. Engineers from the Un...09 Sep, 2026, 12.50 AM IST
- In 2021, Shanghai used 6,000 milk bottles to fight plastic waste; the result became China's 1st plastic road, turning hard-to-recycle bottles into useful paving materialShanghai’s “Milk Bottle Road” demonstrates how difficult-to-recycle plastic can be redirected toward useful infrastructure. Developed throu...08 Sep, 2026, 11.21 PM IST
- In 2025, Nebraska put two million plastic bags into a 4,000-foot road; it became the state’s first recycled-plastic roadNebraska put the equivalent of two million plastic bags into a 4,000-foot road in 2025, creating the state’s first recycled-plastic road. T...08 Sep, 2026, 09.11 PM IST
- In 2022, Hawaii used 195,000 plastic bottles to rebuild a road. Engineers found an alternative use for recycling plastic waste, but there's a catchHawaii's officials have embarked on an innovative experiment to blend recycled plastic into road asphalt, effectively repurposing nearly 20...02 Sep, 2026, 03.22 PM IST
- India on cusp of infra revolution: Indian Army's Engineer-in-chiefSpeaking at a conclave in Goa, Indian Army's Engineer in chief Lt Gen Harpal Singh said, "The Military Engineering Services, an infrastruct...22 Sep, 2022, 04.01 PM IST
- View: Climate change poses grave risks to life, limb and livelihoodsWhen plastics replaced glass, porcelain and metal to make containers, buckets, plates and innumerable industrial and household items, no on...22 Apr, 2021, 09.30 AM IST
- After introducing ingenious plastic-reuse mechanism in road construction, Bengaluru is now falling behind2015 was the last time plastic was used for road-building in Bengaluru, discover ET.02 Sep, 2019, 11.25 AM IST
- Illaiyaraja, Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 41 others given Padma awardsVice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministerial colleagues, and several other dignitaries attended the fu...20 Mar, 2018, 07.23 PM IST
- Padma Vibhushan for Illaiyaraja, Dhoni gets Padma BhushanBesides, ace men's singles shuttler Kidambi Srikanth also won the Padma Shri along side India's first Paralympic gold medalist, Murlikant P...26 Jan, 2018, 12.00 AM IST
- Names of Padma Shri awardees released on R-Day eve: Many unsung heroes in this year's listModi government today announced Padma Shri awards for personalities who served the poor, set up free schools and popularised tribal arts gl...25 Jan, 2018, 10.07 PM IST
- BBMP to pave the way for recycling through plasticThis is one way that plastic, on a large scale, can be recycled, and the blanket ban on plastics enforced last March be made more meaningfu...05 Jan, 2017, 11.36 AM IST
- BBMP says wet waste will be collected daily and dry waste weeklyThere is a dry waste collection centre for almost every ward.And there are enough kabadiwallas. People can give their dry waste to their do...22 Dec, 2016, 12.49 PM IST
- India Inc sees green shoots in economyTwo-wheeler and four-wheeler sales were up 13% and 21%, respectively, year-on-year (YoY) in October, strongly hinting at a demand revival.24 Nov, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
- Centre sanctions Rs 17.16 lakh project to study possibility of building low cost hygienic toilets using Plastone"Plastone" is a sturdy block made with waste plastic and stone, the project would study the use of plastone in building toilets over 12 mon...17 Oct, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
- Tamil Nadu implements MGNREGS and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan using women self-help groupsBureaucrats hit upon an innovative idea — using women’s self-help groups to take ownership of the scheme and encourage them to implement th...25 May, 2015, 04.35 PM IST
- Surat may get plastic roadEver imagined zooming on a plastic road? Could be a reality soon, if Surat’s civic body has its way. Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is s...14 Nov, 2006, 12.18 AM IST
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