Concrete Recycling with a Zap of Lightning

A research group in Holzkirchen, Germany, has discovered a faster and more sustainable way to recycle concrete - with a zap of lightning. A plant that could recycle 20 tons of concrete per hour using the lightning technique would affect concrete recycling on a global scale.

Source: A Web site called Gizmag, which featured this October 8 story that was contained in the October 15 construction-related news roundup distributed on October 11 in the AGC SmartBrief e-newsletter.

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