Centre mulls banning use of burnt clay bricks in its construction projects

Traditional brick kilns cause air pollution as they use coal in brick-making process. However there are technologies available to produce environment-friendly bricks by utilisation of waste material. To give a boost to environment-friendly products and waste material, the ministry has directed CPWD to examine whether burnt clay bricks can be banned.

from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2EaMmWo