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Rubbish Roads: Nepal Explores Paving With Plastic

Vehicles riding over a road built using recycled plastic waste in Pokhara (Credit: AFP)

Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal's Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction.

Nepal's urban areas generate about 5,000 tonnes of solid waste per day, according to the World Bank, of which 13 percent is plastic waste dumped in landfills.

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