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<![CDATA[Georgia Tech study aids initiative to create highway of the future in Georgia]]>
A baseline study produced by Georgia Tech showed numerous ways that a portion of highway in West Georgia, called "The Ray" for late carpet mogul and environmentalist Ray C. Anderson, could be used as a real-world laboratory for testing earth-friendly. Getting corporate partners is key. That stretch of highway is a prime logistics corridor for numerous global companies like Coca-Cola, Kia, Walmart, Caterpillar, Kimberly Clark, UPS and Interface (the carpet tile manufacturing company that Anderson founded).The Ray C. Anderson Foundation is seeking whenever possible to partner with these companies, in addition to nonprofits like the Georgia Conservancy, government agencies like Georgia Department of Transportation and research institutions like Georgia Tech, said Allie Kelly, executive director of The Ray. The Foundation is now considering:
- Taking advantage of the 200 acres of right-of-way on the roadside to farm biofuel plants like corn, canola or sunflowers.
- Installing attractive, translucent sound barriers that also function as solar panels.
- Repurposing toxic hog manure as a replacement for the binding agent in asphalt.
- Creating living billboards made of plant material that help purify the air.
- Building a wildlife crossing over or under the highway to help reduce animal fatalities.
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