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Scallop shells used as an eco-friendly road de-icer

Winter is coming closer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we all know the side effects of the salt (calcium chloride) used currently to de-ice the roads: it rots vehicles and its chlorine component is not the cleanest product to be dispersed on the environment. In Japan they have considered that there could be a better solution to de-ice the roads, so in a place where apples and scallops are produced, the Aomori Ecological Recycle Industrial Association in Japan started manufacturing a road de-icing agent that employs large amounts of scallop ... Read more →

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