{"id":82075,"date":"2021-12-07T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T10:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=82075"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:11:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T10:11:02","slug":"pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad inaugurated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday (December 6) inaugurated Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad, according to media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-first-plastic-road-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Construction work at Pak\u2019s first plastic road begins in Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior minister, during the meeting, disclosed that more plastic roads will be constructed in the capital and other cities. A ceremonial walk was organised during the event that was attended by environmentally-friendly people and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details, the 1-kilometre long patch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ataturk-avenue-to-be-recarpeted-with-plastic-waste.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ataturk Avenue was carpeted with plastic <\/a>mixed bitumen. It was a joint effort of the National Incubation Centre, Capital Development Authority (CDA), and Coca-Cola beverage manufacturing company. For this project, 10 tonnes of plastic bottles were used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/undp-islamabad-segregate-recycle-waste.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNDP to help Islamabad segregate, recycle waste<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the beverage company, plastic is used to make roads across the globe as such roads are more durable. The main purpose of this project is to preserve the environment against the adverse effects of plastic. CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed stated that Islamabad produces 700 tonnes of waste on a daily basis with 150 tonnes of it being plastic waste. Having more plastic roads will help decrease the cost of roads and reduce pollution. It is important to note that before starting this road project, the CDA and other partners conducted a trial run in F-9 Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday (December 6) inaugurated Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad, according to media reports. Read: Construction work at Pak\u2019s first plastic road begins in Islamabad The interior minister, during the meeting, disclosed that more plastic roads will be constructed in the capital and other cities. A ceremonial walk was organised during the event that was attended by environmentally-friendly people and students. As per the details, the 1-kilometre long patch of Ataturk Avenue was carpeted with plastic mixed bitumen. It was a joint effort of the National Incubation Centre, Capital Development Authority (CDA), and Coca-Cola beverage manufacturing company. For this project, 10 tonnes of plastic bottles were used. Read: UNDP to help Islamabad segregate, recycle waste According to the beverage company, plastic is used to make roads across the globe as such roads are more durable. The main purpose of this project is to preserve the environment against the adverse effects of plastic. CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed stated that Islamabad produces 700 tonnes of waste on a daily basis with 150 tonnes of it being plastic waste. Having more plastic roads will help decrease the cost of roads and reduce pollution. It is important&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":82076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[48491,49899,49898],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-islamabads-ataturk-avenue-to-be-recarpeted-with-plastic-waste","9":"tag-more-plastic-roads-will-be-constructed-in-the-capital-and-other-cities","10":"tag-pakistans-first-ever-plastic-road-in-islamabad-inaugurated","11":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad inaugurated - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday (December 6) inaugurated Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad, according to.....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad inaugurated - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday (December 6) inaugurated Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad, according to.....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-07T10:10:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-07T10:11:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Plastic-Road-Islamabad_News-Cover.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Iqra Masood\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Iqra Masood\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad inaugurated - Zameen News","description":"Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday (December 6) inaugurated Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad, according to.....","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad inaugurated - Zameen News","og_description":"Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday (December 6) inaugurated Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad, according to.....","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2021-12-07T10:10:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-12-07T10:11:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Plastic-Road-Islamabad_News-Cover.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Iqra Masood","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Iqra Masood","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html"},"author":{"name":"Iqra Masood","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/377abfe4dc60870161cf052d458a2925"},"headline":"Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad inaugurated","datePublished":"2021-12-07T10:10:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-07T10:11:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html"},"wordCount":226,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Plastic-Road-Islamabad_News-Cover.jpg","keywords":["Islamabad&#039;s Ataturk Avenue to be recarpeted with plastic waste","more plastic roads will be constructed in the capital and other cities","Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad inaugurated"],"articleSection":["New Developments"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html","name":"Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad inaugurated - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Plastic-Road-Islamabad_News-Cover.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-07T10:10:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-07T10:11:02+00:00","description":"Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday (December 6) inaugurated Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad, according to.....","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Plastic-Road-Islamabad_News-Cover.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Plastic-Road-Islamabad_News-Cover.jpg","width":1170,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-first-plastic-road-inaugurated.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pakistan\u2019s first-ever plastic road in Islamabad inaugurated"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/377abfe4dc60870161cf052d458a2925","name":"Iqra Masood","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/istockphoto-917649844-170667a-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/istockphoto-917649844-170667a-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/istockphoto-917649844-170667a-96x96.jpg","caption":"Iqra Masood"},"description":"Iqra holds BS in International Relations and is passionate about writing engaging content on trending real estate topics. When not working, she is either spending time with family, shopping, or discussing shows &amp; movies.","sameAs":["http:\/\/zameen.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/iqramasood"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82077,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82075\/revisions\/82077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82075"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=82075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}