Does the department use recycled materials in highway construction?
NCDOT uses various recycled materials in its construction operations. These include more than seven million scrap tires used as embankment fill material; 49,000 tons of recycled glass used as beads in pavement markings to make them easier to see at night; 14,000 tons of post-industrial asphalt shingles incorporated in the asphalt pavement; and recycled plastics used in traffic cones and barrels, drainage pipe, right of way fencing post and traffic separators.
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