Kegger-Plagued College Town Paves With Rubber

Sloppy keg delivery has taken its toll on sidewalks in the Campustown area popular with Iowa State University students, the Ames Tribune reports—but officials aren’t cracking under the pressure. Instead, they’re installing rubber sidewalks to replace pavement battered by years of abuse from offloaded beer barrels. Made from recycled tires, the flexible sidewalks were originally designed to give way to meandering tree roots. (More recycling stories.)