Eco-friendly alternatives such as beet juice, molasses, cheese brine and even pickle brine are being used to decrease the amount of salt being spread on the roadways and the environment during winter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it’s this cold, Missouri roads stay clear thanks in part to an unexpected secret ingredient. Beet juice. That’s because while ...

Road salts play a critical role in Arkansas' winter weather response, but its application may negatively affect the environment, water supply and infrastructure, researchers have found. Consistently ...

As large parts of the eastern United States get smacked with snowstorm after snowstorm, some states are turning to bizarre alternatives to help deal with dwindling supplies of salt to clear icy roads.

“We still use a sand-and-salt mixture,” she said. “Sand is good for ‘grit’ on hills, curves, intersection approaches … We try and use straight salt on the more heavy traffic roads such as Curry Pike.” ...

Some Michigan officials are trading in salt and using beet juice to make roads less slippery during the winter season. According to an NBC affiliate in Lansing, WILX, environmentalists are working to ...

The Kansas Department of Transportation is already sending out trucks to salt and prepare problem areas around Sedgwick County, like bridges and highways.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Still image from video taken of city workers spray beet juice brine to avoid icy roadways. (Credit: Converse Fire ...

When it’s this cold, Missouri roads stay clear thanks in part to an unexpected secret ingredient. Beet juice. That’s because while salt is useful for melting ice, it becomes less effective below 25 ...