Cheesy Road De-icing?

[longknife]

Wisconsin is known for two things: its cheese and its wicked winters. Now the state is combining the two in a unique feat of recycling genius

Amazing the things they come up with. I remember the damage salt did to my cars when I lived back east and makes me wonder if this stuff will be easier on vehicles – and the pavement.

Read more @ Wisconsin Uses Cheese Brine to Keep Roads Clear of Ice - D-brief | DiscoverMagazine.com

 

[Mr. H.]

Cool. There's also a company that recovers frac fluids which contain a lot of brine. They clean it up and spread it on roads.

 

[Papawx3]

In some parts of Canada, they use the juice extracted from sugar beets because it lowers the freezing point of the surface 20-30 deg (C). In Wisconsin, it's evidently cheese brine.
Wherever you may be, you get to use what's most available and best does the job.

 

[Abraham3]

BRINE:
noun
1. water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
2. a salt and water solution for pickling.
3. the sea or ocean.
4. the water of the sea.
5. Chemistry any saline solution.