Empty milkjugs, discarded detergent bottles, old car bumpers, and other used plastics once destined for disposal in a landfill are now the key components in an innovative, corrosion-resistant building material that is strong enough to erect bridges that can bear the weight of a U.S. Army tank. In fact, a bridge constructed of the plastic material at Fort Bragg, North Carolina passed the load test and safety validation when a 71-ton (64,400-kg) M1 Abrams battle tank safely drove across.
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