Asphalt and glass draining pipes

Some American cities have been using recovered glass to pave their streets: it’s the so-called “glasphalt”, which substitutes the aggregate with glass fragments. It is estimated that the City of New Jersey, which generates 50.000 tons of mixed glass per year, can use a maximum of 150.000 tons in that process, making up for 10% of aggregate. The city is also considering making a request for permission from the National Standard Plumbing Code to add shattered glass mixed with aggregate to the material used in draining pipes

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Organic fertiliser produced from forest leaf litter

GORKHA: Four community forest user groups in Gorkha have begun producing organic fertiliser from leaf litter and other forest biomass that would otherwise go to waste. The initiative has been launched by the Ram Laxman Community Forest User Group and the Bagpani Community Forest User Group in Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-1, the Ludi Damgade Community []