Glass roads
Crushed glass from nonreturnable beverage bottles is now being used as part of the asphalt-based roadsurface mixture on some busy roads in Nebraska. There is about 20 per cent glass in “glasphalt,” and the surface is said to provide grip and wear-rates as good as more conventional materials.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32774, 26 November 1971, Page 7
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50Glass roads Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32774, 26 November 1971, Page 7
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