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Beet Juice Might Be the Best Way to Keep Canada’s Roads Free of Ice

Road salt: footwear’s worst enemy. But on top of being a major pest for your shoes, it’s also pretty terrible for the environment. That’s why some towns in Quebec have started to test alternatives, and believe it or not, the frontrunner is beet juice. While that’s not any better news for your shoes, using

Paris Will Ban Cars for One Day on September 27

For all the beauty of Paris, the French capital has a very ugly side: crippling air pollution. Aging diesel cars and increasingly hot, dry days have made smog such a problem in the city that it actually briefly topped world charts for air pollution earlier this year. That’s why Paris will

5 New Ontario Traffic Laws That Are Coming This September

On June 1st, the ‘Making Ontario Roads Safer Act” (Bill 31) was approved unanimously by legislation. Enforcement of said Act will begin September 1st. [ad_bb1] This means Ontario drivers can and will be facing some stricter rules and often much more severe punishments for certain offences come next week. Love them

A Dutch Company Wants to Build Roads Using Recycled Plastic From the Ocean

For all the reasons we should be eliminating plastic from our lives, future road construction might not be one of them. Dutch construction firm VolkerWessels recently announced a project aptly called PlasticRoad, which would be the world’s most sustainable alternative to conventional road structures. According to the release, PlasticRoad would consist