The civic body has made the use of plastic in building asphalt roads mandatory, but 84 tonnes of plastic in its godowns might not be used for this. Instead, five tonnes of plastic garbage will be brought in from Pune to make about four km of Mumbai's roads. Four of 12 asphalt plants in the city have bought the plastic from a Pune-based organisation which collects and recycles it.

The reason for not using the plastic from Mumbai is the alleged lack of co-ordination between two departments of the BMC, the Roads Department and the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Department, that handles the plastic garbage. An official from the Roads Department claimed they have a lot on their plate. But as there isn't an organisation in the city, which could recycle the plastic as per requirement for building roads, the department looked hard for one and found it in Pune, the official added.