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The Green Inventor
Gina Gallant has always been an inventor. In first grade she invented a type of paper made from broccoli. (Really.) In fifth grade she invented a safer bike helmet. At age 15, she designed a new type of asphalt made from recycled plastic bottles.

Gina came up with her idea for "soda-pop pavement" when she and her family were riding through a place called Cash Creek near their hometown of Prince George, British Columbia. The local landfill was overflowing so badly, the family started calling the place "Trash Creek."

Gina knew that 1/3 of the material in landfills is plastic and isn't being used in asphalt. So she worked at the Husky Oil refinery for a couple of months, and there she developed her new asphalt, which she named "PolyAggreRoad." Plans are underway to use the new blend to pave roads this summer.

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