Some areas are turning to innovative solutions. Calgary and some parts of B.C. are testing out beet juice as an alternative, and Wisconsin is spreading cheese brine on their roads.

It costs Green County around $2.80 to $4.20 per mile to use cheese brine on its roads, whereas it costs more than ten times that amount — $15 to $25 per mile — to use rock salt, Narveson ...

1. Cheese brine In Wisconsin, the mecca of the U.S. dairy industry, cheese brine is now part of the de-icing process. The liquid is used in factories to soak certain cheeses, such as mozzarella.

Liquid cheese brine, used to salt wheels of cheese, is mixed with rock salt once it's done with at the dairy plant. Then, it is sprayed onto roads across Polk County in Wisconsin.

Beet juice, cheese brine among options Halifax considering for snow clearing By Marieke Walsh Global News Posted February 24, 2015 10:57 pm Updated February 25, 2015 7:32 pm ...