The Quest to Turn Food Waste into Road Salt


The Quest to Turn Food Waste into Road Salt


From cheese brine to beet juice, these locally-sourced, environmentally-friendly de-icers are turning waste into safe driving.

Outside of the ocean, few plants or animals thrive when saturated with salt. Which means the mountains of rock salt spread over roads and sidewalks each winter amounts to an environmental catastrophe — roadside vegetation withers and salt-laden runoff kills fish and aquatic organisms in nearby waterbodies.

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