2. Plastic is a petroleum product.
Why we consider plastic as a pollution ?
Because plastic is a non bio degradable
material.
BIODEGRADABLE MEANS when a matter is
degraded inside the soil with the help of
micro organisms.
When we place plastic inside the soil does
not degraded even for 1000 years also
For the huge production of plastic for our
daily use .
3. Thiagarajar college of engineering,
Madurai
After the city’s rain-fed potholes, the
transmission to smooth roads within the
campus TCE is more than a treat the man
behind the tar- topped tracks is known as
MADURAI’S PLASTIC ROAD MAN.
Dr R. Vasudevan, dean and head of the
chemistry department.
Is on a machine clean India is his campaign
He also wanted to change our country’s
garbage culture.
4. Dean and head of chemistry department of TCE
After a decade’s hard work and persistent
effects, in his simple invention of technology
of using plastic waste to lay roads ,patented by
TCE.
His interested in the subject began when
heard a doctor on TV programme mistakenly
saying that , Plastic DISSOLVED in water bodies
and caused pollution.
Then the idea was born.
5. DR A. P. J. Abdul kalam
When the president Abdul kalam visited TCE in
2001, the professor presented his project on the
god binding and bonding factor of plastic and
is potential use as a coating over pebbles for
laying roads.
Dr kalam told to him that one day your test will
become the convention just do your work at
your place , the results are there the people will
come automatically.
His words proved prophetic.
6. Karumuttu T. Kannan, principal
of TCE
It was in 2002 DR. vasudevan laid the first tar road
within the TCE campus with the full support from
the correspondent karmuttu T. Kannan .
Dr vasudevan laid the first 60-foot-long plastic
road.
Getting this technology patented was the next
hurdle. After four years and numerous visits to the
Chennai office, the technology is get registered in
2006.
But he does not patent tin then he later get pate
tented for his process by his friends advise.
7. DR.vasudevan to be acknowledged by the
organisations such as
1).national rural roads development agency
2).central road research institute
3).Indian central for plastic environment
4).national highways authority of india
For every one explained and demonstrated the
benefits of road laying using a polymer -
aggregate- bitumen- mix .
8. Even as a technology was departed by the Indian
government . He received offers from private
companies both within and outside the country .
He think it was his duty to serve his country .
He gave it free to the Indian government . what
he laments is the slow progress , ’the plastic
binding with bitumen is an ideal option for
roads the bear the burns of torrential rains ‘
9. Collection of plastic from every house
Also , he under lines ,if citizen’s treat their plastic
there waste by properly by segregating and
collecting the plastic .
The country will soon the free of plastic litter and
boast of safer and better roads .
His department now evolving cold process
technology as well the department of science and
technology has sanctioned a GREEN CHEMISTRY
project at TCE for producing COLD EMULSION to
coat the aggregated instead of using hot
bitumen.
10. Such a process should be highly useful in laying roads in cold
regions . widener university ,Philadelphia has already showed
interest in cold process .
DR VASUDEVAN invention un doubtfully offers a lesson for all
municipal corporations it serves the twin purpose of increasing
the quality of roads and also solves the waste of plastic disposal .
WHAT IT TAKES ?
to lay one kilometre plastic road 3.75 m wide ,9 tonnes of
bitumen and one tonne of waste plastic are required for coating .
The normal road requires 10 tonnes bitumen per each km , so
plastic road serves one tonne bitumen for every km laid .each
tonne of bitumen cost of Rs : 50,000-60,000.
One tonne plastic waste =10 lakh carry bags
11. Chocolate & biscuit wrappers
and polythene bags
Chocolate and biscuit wrappers , tea cups ,polythene
bags or any other form of waste plastic ,can simply be
shredded and used . Different types of plastic collected
need not be segregated.
Nearly 4000 self help groups and 100 of school’s in
Tamil nadu are now involved in collecting and
shredding waste plastic.
To make enough plastic available , people need to sell
their domestic plastic wastes instead of throwing them
into the dustbin.
12. Plastic road
The benefits
Low cost
Simple technology
Spot use of waste plastic
Water proof roads that lost up to
sixty years
Double of road strength
Higher load –carrying capacity
Almost zero maintenance
A new surface without rutting ,
cracking or path holes.
