Karachi gets it’s first plastic road made of 6,000 recycled bottles

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00:00 In Karachi, a 730 feet wide road was built using plastic.

00:05 Ruha Fatima is reporting.

00:07 To reduce the pollution of plastic,

00:11 a road was built using used plastic for the first time in the area of Kalypton, Karachi.

00:16 To build a 730 feet long and 60 feet wide road,

00:20 2.5 tons of used plastic bottles were used.

00:24 2.5 tons of plastic bottles were used to build this road.

00:27 According to a estimate, it will take 300 to 400 years for this plastic to decompose.

00:32 Three generations will pass, but the plastic will remain here.

00:34 The citizens approved the construction of the road

00:38 to prevent the pollution of plastic.

00:40 If we develop all the roads in Karachi,

00:44 we will benefit a lot.

00:47 In Pakistan, where the environmental pollution is increasing due to plastic,

00:52 it is a good practice to recycle plastic and make the roads environmentally friendly.

00:59 Plastic pollution can be reduced.

01:03 With cameraman Mustansar Hussain, Ruha Fatima, ARY News, Karachi.

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