Florida's Interstate 4 (I-4) Ultimate project is increasing the state's use of recycled materials, a report by WESH says.
The project has been going on for just over a year, the report says, and in that time 36,000 tons of trees, concrete, asphalt and steel reinforcing rods have been reclaimed and reused.
Trees that were taken down in the right-of-way are being turned into mulch or being sold as biofuel, the report says.
About 99 percent of the material being pulled from the existing I-4 is being recycled and reused as road bed, according to the report. One hundred percent of the steel that is being reclaimed is melted down and turned around as new material.