The Indian Army has been known for securing our borders and they’ve built a reputation for being the best in what they do for the love of the country.
Where discarding plastic waste has been a menace for the entire country, the army went a step ahead to make use of all the plastic mess to build something creative.
Utilizing over 1.2 metric tons of plastic as partial substitute to bitumen, Indian Army’s Military Engineer Services undertook a project to construct an entire road in the largest city of Assam.
Quoting a government report from last year, Union Minister of State for the environment ministry, Babul Supriyo said:
The production of plastic in India increased from 1,591 million metric tonnes in 2014-15 to 1,719 million metric tonnes in 2017-18. However, the production for 2018-19 is 1,589 million metric tonnes.
Interestingly, researchers discovered two strains of ‘plastic-eating’ bacteria from the wetlands of Greater Noida in search of an eco-friendly method to dispose off garbage at a large scale.
Possibly the start of something new to reduce the amount of plastic we have on this planet.