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Recycling Keeps Railroad Ties Off The Landfill Track

Published Friday, September 01, 1995

St. Louis - The railroads have been working hard to transport waste across the country. But what happens to the waste generated by the railroads? Currently, 13 million wooden crossties are removed from railroad service each year. More than half are reused in landscaping, fencing, construction, retaining walls and as fuel for utilities and other plants; the rest are landfilled. To conserve landfill space while turning a profit, several companies have developed innovative uses for the crossties. For example, Wood Waste Energy Inc. (WWE), St. Louis, in cooperation with Norfolk Southern Railroad, Richmond, Va., and Chicago and Northwestern ...

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