Replacement of some of the bitumen in road surfacing with plastic recovered from landfill sites and through waste collections. The Green Road public-private project is expected to reduce the amount of bitumen imported from India, and cut the amount of plastic waste going into landfills by up to 30-40%, said plastic road entrepreneur Rikesh Gurung. Although only 10 to 15 per cent of the mix used to pave roads is plastic, the project is expected to consume all the plastic waste in the country of over 780,000 people.