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In 2016, Cumbria began trialling waste-plastic roads; a year later, an A7 project reused 500,000 bottles or 800,000 bags; five years later, the trials were deemed successful

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In 2016, Cumbria began trialling waste-plastic roads; a year later, an A7 project reused 500,000 bottles or 800,000 bags; five years later, the trials were deemed successful

Kingstown Road and Scotland Road form one of the main routes into Carlisle, and by autumn 2017 they had a new skin. Some of the bitumen holding the asphalt together had been replaced with pellets made from waste plastic.Cumbria, an area in England, wanted to make roads the better way. Roads that are environmentally friendly. … Read more

Who were Charles Romer and Jennifer Luzzi? Successful business owners killed in Arizona Lake Havasu boat crash

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Charles Romer and Jennifer Luzzi were killed after their boat crashed into a peninsula at Lake Havasu. (Facebook/One Motorsports, Jennifer Luzzi)

Two well-known business owners from Lake Havasu City, Arizonadied after their boat hit a peninsula at high speed, went airborne, and crashed into a campsite. Charles Romer and Jennifer Luzzi were killed after their boat crashed into a peninsula at Lake Havasu. (Facebook/One Motorsports, Jennifer Luzzi) And the victims were identified as Charles Romer, 65, … Read more

An Ohio community is negotiating to buy 850 acres from a coal company; if successful, the public forest could link about 74,000 acres between Wayne National Forest and Strouds Run State Park

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An Ohio community is negotiating to buy 850 acres from a coal company; if successful, the public forest could link about 74,000 acres between Wayne National Forest and Strouds Run State Park

Representative Image (AI-generated) An effort in southeast Ohio could turn roughly 850 acres of former coal-company land into a publicly accessible community forest, creating a major connection between existing protected and recreational lands. Local stakeholders are negotiating with the Sugar Creek Coal and Mining Company to acquire the property in Dover Township and establish the … Read more

In 2019, Britain laid tyre-rubber asphalt on the M1; after successful trials, it won UK industry approval in 2021, with up to 750 waste tyres reusable per kilometre

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In 2019, Britain laid tyre-rubber asphalt on the M1; after successful trials, it won UK industry approval in 2021, with up to 750 waste tyres reusable per kilometre

Britain began testing an unusual solution to its mounting tyre waste in 2019, when Highways England and construction company Tarmac laid a road surface containing recycled tyre rubber on the M1 near Leicester, according to a UK government press release published that August. The trial tested whether granulated rubber from waste tyres could be incorporated … Read more

Iraqi archaeologists have unearthed a rare 2,600-year-old stele of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal at the Shamash Gate of Nineveh, nearly a decade after ISIS destroyed the ancient city

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Iraqi archaeologists have unearthed a rare 2,600-year-old stele of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal at the Shamash Gate of Nineveh, nearly a decade after ISIS destroyed the ancient city

Fragments of an ancient stele from the reign of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal discovered in Nineveh Province, Iraq, on July 17, 2026 A rare 2,600-year-old Assyrian monument has been discovered in the ancient city of Nineveh, Iraq. The discovery is a major success in a region where ancient history was deliberately destroyed by Islamic State militants … Read more