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Re:A man who paves India's roads with old plastic by mod on Monday July 09, 2018 @04:07PM (#17493030)
From the OP's article:

> Asphalt is heated to a temperature of 170C (338F). Shredded plastic below 70 microns (including the multi-layer plastic shreds) is then sprinkled over it. The bits of plastic seemingly disappear, melting into the red heat.

Re:A man who paves India's roads with old plastic by marzell on Monday July 09, 2018 @05:44PM (#17493690)
"seemingly" disappear. How is this any different than, say, the banned "microbeads"? This just puts tiny fragments of plastic into the environment, which is even more difficult to collect/recycle/sequester than plastic bags and bottles. I think this is a well-intentioned, but overall terrible idea and I hope they are forced to find a better solution.