They Poured 300 Tons of Glass Shards Under the Asphalt - Sözcü Newspaper

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In Idaho, USA, approximately 300 tons of glass bottles and jars that had accumulated at a recycling center were crushed and used under a highway instead of being thrown away. The glass pieces were transformed into road fill along about 60 meters of State Highway 75 near Ketchum.

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In 2002 Idaho used hundreds of tons of recycled glass under 60 meters of road, but processing it was more expensive than extracting material from the ground.