Kennesaw State research on sustainable road construction turns quarry waste into opportunity

Kennesaw State research on sustainable road construction turns quarry waste into opportunity

[The following article by Raynard Churchwell with photo by Darnell Wilburn Jr first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] Each year, Georgia quarries generate millions of tons of leftover byproducts called pond screenings, much of which sits unused in large holding ponds. At Kennesaw State University, associate professor Jayhyun Kwon is working to turn this overlooked material into a construction industr…