期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：9
页码：17269
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2016.0509159
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Plastic waste is a major environmental and public health problem at Jamshedpur. Plastic shopping orcarrier bags are one of the main sources of plastic waste. Plastic bags of all sizes and colors dot the city‘s landscape dueto the problems of misuse, overuse and littering. Besides this visual pollution, plastic bag wastes contribute tosblockage of drains and gutters, are a threat to aquatic life when they find their way to water bodies, and can causelivestock deaths when the livestock consume them. Furthermore, when filled with rainwater, plastic bags becomebreeding grounds for mosquitoes, which cause malaria. Burning of these chlorine-containing substances releases toxicheavy metals and emits noxious gasses like dioxins and furans. They are the most toxic and poisonous substances onearth and can cause a variety of health problems including damage to the reproductive and immune system, respiratorydifficulties and cancer. Land filling of plastics into properly designed disposal sites takes up valuable room in the sitefor a non-toxic, non-leachable, non-decomposable material. Whether plastic is a menace or not depends how we use itand how we dispose of it minimizing the impacts on the environment. We are collecting the threat(waste plastics) fromthe source, segregating the waste and shredding the same into 2-4mm size and mixing the shredded plastic to make acoating over the aggregates used for road construction providing the road a tremendous strength at no extra cost. Plasticgets coated over stone and the hot plastic coated stone is mixed with bitumen (tar) and the mix is used for road laying.
