Recycled Plastic Can Fortify Concrete, MIT Students Find

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By Guest ContributorOct 26, 2017, 11:52 am102 pts
By Jennifer Chu Discarded plastic bottles could one day be used to build stronger, more flexible concrete structures, from sidewalks and street barriers, to buildings and bridges, according to a new study. MIT undergraduate students have found that, by exposing plastic flakes to small, harmless doses of gamma…

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