The Chronicle of Higher Education
INVENTIONS: AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

A Concrete Use for Discarded Beer Bottles (and Other Recycled Glass)

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

What it is: Techniques for suppressing the chemical reaction between glass and cement that has kept glass from being used as an aggregate in concrete.

The market: Local governments, commercial builders, and homeowners spend billions of dollars a year on the kinds of products -- floor...

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