Hedgehog sleeper designed to reduce embedded carbon

Hedgehog sleeper at the factory (Photo Network Rail)

UK: Network Rail’s Wales & Western region and Dutch manufacturer Lankhorst Engineered Products have developed a composite sleeper made of made of 90% recycled materials which they say involves 90% less embedded carbon in production than wooden equivalents and 78% less than concrete.

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