Explainer: Why trash-to-tarmac roadmap is ambitious
The challenge is that India is attempting to mainstream what remains largely experimental globally
Updated At : 06:24 AM Oct 18, 2025 IST
No material is waste, according to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, while stressing that depending on the appropriate technology and leadership vision, waste can be converted into wealth.
WHEN Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari declared that by 2027 India would ensure all its solid waste is reused in road construction, the statement was as ambitious as it was attention-grabbing. In one stroke, he linked two of India’s biggest civic challenges — waste management and infrastructure — under a single promise of circular progress. But what exactly does this mean, how feasible is it, and how much of it is already happening?
