How a Connecticut company is turning used bottles into schools and skyscrapers

The dust — sold under the trademark brand Pozzotive — is a cement alternative developed by Urban Mining Industries and manufactured at the company’s first-of-its-kind facility in Connecticut, where recycled glass is cleaned, crushed and milled before being distributed to nearby plants to be mixed into concrete. Gov. Ned Lamont toured the Beacon Falls plant on Tuesday, following the announcement of a $37 million matching grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for Urban Mining to build two new, larger facilities in Florida and Maryland, allowing the company to expand its reach down the East Coast. Urban Mining leases its current plant from partner O&G Industries, a Torrington-based construction firm that also utilizes Pozzotive at all eight of its concrete plants in Connecticut.

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