Recycling Plastic into Roads in India
by TreeHugger 
on 05.23.05
K Ahmed Khan came up with an idea to mix recycled plastic with ashphalt to lay roadways. Khan has been running his company, KK Polyflex, for 20 years, producing plastic sacks. About 8 years ago he realised that the anti-plastics lobby had a point, and that the industry was ignoring the problem of plastic waste. He rolled up his sleeves to create an opportunity out of the situation. The plastic appears to have strengthened roads by enhancing ashphalt's bonding ability, and made the roads longer lasting by rendering them more impervious to water.
"In 15 days we collected 18 tonnes of waste," says Ahmed Khan. Barring rigid plastics, they accept all manner of film waste without the need for sorting. He has a contract to lay 500 miles of roads in Bangalore, where the suitability of the new roadway will be closely monitored. :: via Good News India [by Justin Thomas]
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longer lasting is good but impervious is bad. We need as much infiltration of as possible. When you consider that most development of land can take up to 70% (or more)of the pervious water absorbing ground and that most is from paving, you really need to devise a system utilizing recycling techniques, but far more serious is the permeability of the roadway. Also consider that currently, tires get recycled into the roadway at about 15,000 per single lane mile.
Dear Sir
I can provid you 1000 M/ton per mounth of used and sherreded tire frpm Canada if you are intrested please inform me.
Thanking you in advance
Kambiz Azari
i want to give seminar in college, on recyled material use in road construction.so plz send some information about new technique for construction.
please send some pictures of plastic roads