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Glass is the new pavement

November 02, 2009 |

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Those empty glass jars spaghetti sauce and bottles wine typically put in our recycle bins are getting a second life as a porous pavement system.

 

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Although it hasn’t yet been indicated for highways, the porous pavement system–sold under the name FilterPave–used 100-percent post-consumer recycled glass for parking areas, trails and walkways, sidewalks, pedestrian patios, driveways and golf cart paths.

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