Coastal News Today | OR - Could Locally Recycled Glass Be Used To Rebuild Lincoln Beach?
While sharing a bottle of wine a few years back, Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz commiserated about how much glass was ending up in New Orleans’ landfills. They also cared deeply about coastal erosion. Both Tulane University students at the time, Louisiana-born Trautmann- who subsequently graduated with a degree in chemical engineering, and New Yorker Steitz -who is wrapping up his studies in international development, began researching successful glass recycling programs in Florida and New Zealand. By starting a similar program in New Orleans, they could help save Louisiana’s coast on...