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In 2023, Australia paved two suburban roads with 135,000 recycled coffee cups and glass bottles, cutting the asphalt’s carbon footprint by 24%
Australia is embracing sustainability by turning discarded coffee cups into road materials. In Penrith, New South Wales, a groundbreaking project resurfaced local roads with a recycled asphalt mixture, incorporating approximately 135,000 coffee cups and countless glass bottles. This innovative use of recycled content has led to a significant twenty-four percent decrease in carbon emissions from the road surface, exemplifying a circular economy that creatively repurposes waste into valuable reso…
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