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Turning plastic litter into paved roads | R Vasudevan | TEDxGIM

With approx. 9 million metric tons of plastic garbage being shoved into the world's streams and inadequate waste management, it is tough to say whether plastics were actually a boon. This talk presents a low cost disruptive technology to convert plastic waste of any kind into paved roads that are twice as strong, are waterproof, last up to 60 years and have almost zero maintenance cost. This technology will go a long way in curbing the plastic pollution of the world if implemented diligently. R Vasudevan is fondly called the 'Plastic Man of India'. He is the Dean of chemistry department at Thiagaraj College of Engineering, Madurai, India. He has patented a technique to convert common waste plastic litter into a substitute for bitumen- the main component in asphalt – used for the construction of roads. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx