Just as some cities are
Just as some cities are stopping their recycling programs,
two
articles
come out in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
There, across a 40-foot span of the Mullica River in Wharton State Forest, engineers will begin next month to build a bridge like no other on Earth. It will be made entirely of - Are you listening? - plastics.
The raw materials don't exactly inspire confidence behind the wheel: 30,000 tons of flakes, smaller than paper-punch dots, made of discarded milk, bleach and detergent containers, and Styrofoam products as ethereal as packing peanuts.
And a new use for old office buildings.
originally posted by Greer