BPCL recycles 250 MT waste plastic to build 27,000 SQM road

28 Nov 2022 Evaluate

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has recycled 250 MT waste plastic to build 27,000 SQM road using the novel Waste Plastic Road (WPR) Process developed by its Corporate Research & Development Centre (CRDC). This initiative is one of the milestones to reduce any adverse impact on the environment and preventing its entry into the food chain. In addition, this initiative is expected to help the organization meet their ‘Net Zero’ emission targets & also helps in making the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ a grand success.

The company firmly believes that the scale up of this initiative, across the nation’s road building infrastructure mission, will not only address the issue of waste plastic management, but also further reduce GHG emissions and boosts Circular Economy. To take this initiative forward, BPCL has recently ventured into using WPR process of road making in one of its new Fuel Station, at Patan Sai near Mumbai, Maharashtra with scale up in near future.

Depending on the site conditions, around 50,000 Kg of waste plastic/km is utilized for 6-meter-wide road.  By usage of WPR process, BPCL has developed road stretches across six states covering an area of about 27,032 SQM by utilization of 250 MT of mixed waste plastic. As per the Life Cycle Assessment of Plastic packaging products conducted by Central Pollution Control Board, around 3 MT of GHG emission reduction is achieved by diversion of 1 MT of plastic waste going for incineration.

BPCL is into exploration, production and retailing of petroleum and petrol related products. The retail business unit of BPCL is into marketing of petrol, diesel and kerosene.

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