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California buried 270,000 waste tyres beneath a highway to build two new bridges

A California highway project found an unusual use for thousands of discarded tyres. In 2009, the California Department of Transportation completed a road repair project at Confusion Hill on US 101 in Mendocino County, where longstanding rockslides had repeatedly threatened the highway. The new route bypassed the unstable area using…

The Times of India · 1h ago

In 2000, California packed 662,700 shredded waste tires beneath an I-880 on-ramp; they cut...

Engineers faced challenges while upgrading a highway interchange in Milpitas due to unstable bay mud. They opted to use shredded waste tires as lightweight fill to prevent ground settlement. This choice reduced weight on the soft soil by 40 percent and saved significant project costs. Over two decades, the infrastructure…

The Times of India · Sep 24

In 2008, heavy rains caused a 20-foot steel-wall road repair in California to fail; in 2009 crews rebuilt the slope using 330,000 waste tyres and saved $300,000

A California road repair project took an unusual turn after heavy rains caused a previous reconstruction to fail. Instead of using another traditional retaining-wall system, engineers filled the damaged section with hundreds of thousands of discarded vehicle tires. According to CalRecycle, the official website of the State of California, the…

The Times of India · Sep 2

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17 states and trade group sue California over plastics packaging law

A coalition of 17 states and a trade association are suing California to block a strict recycling law aimed at reducing plastic waste

The Independent UK · Jun 23

Editorial: Don’t stop composting. California can’t afford to abandon its methane-busting law now

This year, Angelenos were invited to start discarding potato peels, chicken bones and other food scraps in the green yard waste curbside bin rather than the trash can.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2023

Nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics approved by California lawmakers

LOS ANGELES — Striking a blow against a pernicious form of pollution, California lawmakers on Thursday passed the nation’s most far-reaching restrictions on single-use plastics and packaging, with Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to sign the bill Thursday.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 30, 2022

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