City Official #1: Shit Jim, these heavy ass beer kegs are beating the shit out of our sidewalks.
City Official #2: What do you want to do, get rid of the kegs?
City Official #1: Actually I was thinking about installing a rubber sidewalk.
City Official #2: Brilliant!
Ames, Iowa home to Iowa State University has installed rubber sidewalks in a section of town where beer distributors unload hundreds of kegs each week for the local bars. The heavy kegs were constantly cracking the concrete sidewalk so the city installed the rubber pavers that are made out of recycled tires. One city official tested out the rubber pavers with a sledgehammer and found that he couldn’t even put a dent in them. To top it off the rubber pavers are environmentally friendly by using 675 tires that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill.
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