by #PKennethBurnsJ in #WHYY

"Much has been said about the fill material propping up the temporary lanes built after the I-95 collapse. Particularly, how the material, which looks like a wall of pumice stone, is made of processed, recycled glass.

"To be clear, no one is driving over broken glass jars or beverage bottles.

"Eddystone, Pa.-based AeroAggregates sourced the refill substance from a New Jersey plant.

"For the past four years, Burlington County has provided more than 7,000 tons of glass to AeroAggregates to make their foam glass material."

https://whyy.org/articles/new-jersey-plant-recycled-glass-temporary-i-95-fix-burlington-county/

#I95 #NewJersey #NJ #BurlingtonCounty