The Bengaluru International Airport has come up with a way out for seized plastics by civic body, as an additive while laying roads of its premises.
As part of its move to implement the ban on single-use plastic, Bengaluru’s civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has seized numerous plastic objects from many shops.
The airport, which is undergoing expansion, will take over truckload of single-use plastic seized by BBMP to lay the roads within its premises. A formal handover event took place at the BBMP headquarters recently. There will also be a meeting between BBMP Commissioner BH Anil Kumar, BBMP Mayor Gangambike Malikarjun, Deputy Chief Project Officer Raju Kaval, and Vice-President of Special Projects of the Kempegowda International Airport, Sundar Chandramouli.
Two truckload of seized plastic was handed over to the airport authority after the event. Officials in the Mahanagara Palike said that this was also a way to ensure that the seized plastic does not go back to the environment. It will be given free of cost to the airport authorities.
“Plastic roads are found to perform better compared to those constructed with conventional bitumen, as revealed by the National Rural Roads Development Agency.
Beginning 1st of September, the BBMP is going to impose its existing ban on using plastics under stringent rules of Solid Waste Management, 2019. As per these rules, now officials can also suspend the trade license or shut down shops for repeat violations.
