"This concept has been around in India for the last 8-9 years at the least. In fact back in 2015 the Govt of India made it mandatory for all road developers to construct road using plastic. Chennai gots its first plastic street in 2011. We already have more than 100,000 km of road made from plastic in all major cities of India. The tech was pioneered by Prof Rajagopalan Vasudevan. No offence meant"