Bridge Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles

By Ann R. Thryft – We’ve seen recycled bottles turned into car seats for Ford’s 2012 Focus electric vehicle. And we’ve seen plans by Boeing to recycle composites used in its Dreamliner plane for nonstructural uses in aircraft. Now recycled bottles and other plastic products destined for landfills have been turned into structural, weight-bearing elements of a 90-foot heavy-load bridge in...