26-05-2025
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's road plan aims to reuse plastic waste
Ahmedabad: In a renewed war against plastic pollution, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is digging up an old idea — using waste plastic to build roads. A decade after its initial trial from Nagari Hospital to Law Garden, AMC will once again test plastic-infused asphalt.
Municipal commissioner Banchha Nidhi Pani has asked engineers to trial the use of single-use and multi-layer plastic in road construction. The revival comes as part of an ambitious 'Ending Plastic Pollution Globally' campaign to curb single-use plastic and promote eco-friendly alternatives. From fines to awareness drives and from school competitions to cash-for-trash bottle banks, AMC is going all out ahead of World Environment Day to be observed on June 5.
Alongside road experiments, AMC has rolled out a series of strict anti-plastic measures. These include ward-level enforcement of the plastic ban, and awareness drives promoting eco-friendly alternatives like cloth or paper bags, glass bottles, bamboo toothbrushes, and recyclable containers.
Additionally, a bottle bank will be set up to collect empty cold drink and mineral water bottles, with a system to compensate citizens who deposit empty bottles.
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A campaign will be launched for solid waste segregation, and strict fines will be imposed on those littering in public.
Seminars will be organized to end the use of single-use plastic. Essay competitions will be held in educational institutions to raise awareness about the ban on single-use plastic and solid waste segregation. World Environment Day will be celebrated with extensive tree planting programmes. Regular checks at all bus terminals will be planned to enforce the ban on single-use plastic, and awareness will be spread on social media.
Despite a five-year-old ban on plastic bags below 120 microns, single-use plastic continues to choke the city's waste stream. With new directives issued on May 19 and May 26, officials hope to make visible progress in reducing plastic waste in both streets and landfills.
