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How did Ahmed Khan, plastic sacks manufacturer from Bangalore, solve the ever-increasing problem of accumulating plastic waste?

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Ahmad Khan, a plastic sack manufacturer in Bangalore developed polyblend, a powdered structure manufactured from waste plastic which when mixed with bitumen ( an important ingredient in constructing roads), increased the water-repelling property of roads that increased the average lifetime of roads three times. So, he was successful in finding a problem of plastic waste accumulation.

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Q. Read the following statements and select the correct ones.
(i) Ahmed khan, a plastic sack manufacturer of Bangalore, in 1998, developed polyblend, a fine powder of recycled modified plastic.
(ii) In collaboration with RV Collage of Engineering and Bangalore City Corporation, The proved that the mixture of polyblend and bitumen was better for road carpeting as it had better water repellent property.
(iii) By 2002, more than 40 km roads of Bangalore were laid with the help of khan's mixture.
(iv) Rag pickers who used to get Rs. 0.40 per kg of plastic waste started getting Rs. 6.00 from Ahmed khan.
(v) Innovation like polyblend might help the modern society from being smothered with plastic waste.

Q. (a) Why are the colourful polystyrene and plastic packaging used for protecting the food, considered an environmental menace, (b). Write about the remedy found for the efficient use of plastic waste by Ahmed Khan of Bangalore

Q. Mr. Ahmed Khan, a plastic sack manufacturer, developed a polyblend which is used with bitumen. This outstanding contribution in saving environment can be categorized as:

Q. How has plastic waste been converted into resource by Ahmed Khan of Bengaluru? What value can be learnt from it?

Q. Match the columns and choose the right option.

	I		II
(i)	Ramesh Chandra Dagar	(a)	Conservation of forests
(ii)	Ahmed Khan	(b)	Organic farming
(iii)	Amrita Devi	(c)	Plastic waste recycling

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