Dive summary:

• The Alaska Department of Public Transportation has approved a new program to mix crushed glass with gravel to strengthen the base layer of roadways.
• The project is aimed to keep glass from food and beverage containers, dishes and windows out of the landfill while proving the extra benefit of making roadways longer lasting.
• The recycling process will turn old household glass into a product that looks like gravel and feels like worn beach glass.

From the article:

ADOT&PF’s new specification for using crushed container glass as a construction aggregate will help foster changes to the way we think about and use recycled products across Alaska,” ALPAR executive director Mary Fisher says. “It will help spur local manufacturing of more green products, create jobs and reduce landfill waste.”

The use of crushed glass may decrease the amount of glass placed into landfills, while reducing ADOT&PF's need for rock and gravel used to strengthen highway and airport subsurface. The recycled glass will be placed in the base of construction projects and will not be exposed. ...