Dr Rakesh kapoor
Teaching & Research in Earth & Environmental Sciences
Title: SUSTAINABLE PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT : GOOD ROADS-GOOD ECNOMICS-GOOD ENVIRONMENT : HIMACHALPRASEH -A CASE STUDY
Biography
Biography: Dr Rakesh kapoor
Abstract
The Project of SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONCEPT TO POLICY & POLICY-IMPLEMENTATION 2011 & BEYOND, : which won National Award under GOOD GOVERNANCE PRACICES , ( for 2009-10 ) in 2011, conceptualized in 2001* was a need felt innovation in a Himalayan state having fragile ecology & environment with globally the 8.3 billion tones of plastic produced, 6.3 billion tones have been discarded. Every year, nearly 13 million tones of plastic waste are added to oceans globally . , initially with three pronged strategy {3Ps becoming most important } of Persuasion , Participation (People , Political & Permanent Executive ), Penal action paid rich dividends aiming at (4Rs) and SDG goals,2016 “Less Plastic world” UNEP,2018, It got Propagation , Replication, National - Global recognition with Metropolis ,Bigger ULBs seeking support for replication , ultimately forcing STATE , through Ministry of Road Transport , Highways ,Shipping GOI ,making mandatory use of PLASTIC WASTE in all Road Constructions[ 9th November 2015 ] , conceding to the untiring efforts of * Principal Author in public interest .The Plastic waste Based roads having scientifically proven record are not only 30% more durable compared to conventional Bituminous roads but do save 34K -40K per Km, consuming 1tone plastic waste . The coating of plastics over aggregate improves Impact, Los Angels Abrasion and Crushing Value with the increase in the percentage of plastics. • The extracted bitumen showed almost near value for Marshall stability. The entire road reported good skid resistance and texture values. The unevenness index values of 3000 mm/km, have not developed any potholes, rutting, raveling or edge flaw, even though these roads are more than four years of age.
The application Plastic Waste to Poly fuel/GASOLYSIS is yet another multi utility, cost effective ,eco-friendly milestone achieved, in rendering economically viable ; scientifically proven; socially acceptable; solution to weed out the menace of Plastic waste , The installations of PET bottle crushers, water ATMs , making Swatch Bharat Abhiyan A dream Come true.