Yes, you read that headline correctly! ADOT’s Cordes Junction Maintenance Unit has put a discarded cooking pot to good use.
Technician Patrick Thompson found the cooking pot while removing litter and trash from highways. His unit, which is responsible for patching smaller potholes, occasionally uses old patching material that can be difficult to work with. “Once the old material sits, it becomes rock hard,” he said.
Cutting the bags open and trying to keep the material malleable by blasting it with torches could lead to damaged material.