The Atlantic: Road Hogs

“Innoventor, a design-build firm in St. Louis, has “created a contraption that recycles pig waste for road-paving and roofing products. The technology, which Innoventor believes has billion-dollar potential, eliminates the need for manure lagoons and could reduce reliance on fossil fuels.” Innoventor hopes to “supply 20 percent of the asphalt-binder market, which was worth approximately $11 billion last year, according to Poten & Partners, publishers of the Asphalt Weekly Monitor.”