I am old enough to remember when all bottles were glass. People complained about how much broken glass was on the street, playgrounds and yards. Go back to glass and vandals will be ecstatic 😊
Not if there is a $1 per bottle charge right from the point of sale... Then people will be clamouring to return their glass bottles in exchange for money??? You can throw away a dollar... or place the bottle in the recycling bins around town..... or give it to your children to stand in line for a refund. But you've paid whatever you decide! @@williamofhler5613
@@williamofhler5613I grew up in Ohio where if we went swimming in lakes or rivers we were almost guaranteed to cut our feet on broken glass hence why we wore tennis shoes. I don’t miss those days. And I detest plastic as it never goes away.
Unfortunately, most glass has been replaced with plastic here in the US. We're going back to glass a little, but I think we could use glass a lot more.
glas can be recycled indefinitely without losing structure integrity, not doing this is stupid and insane. And i hate plastic, give me wooden boxes, wood fiber bags and glass.
I live in a small town in Sweden with about 10,000 inhabitants. we have approx. 10 recycling stations, and at each station we have 1 container for newspaper and magazines. 1 container for corrugated cardboard, cardboard boxes like milk and hard paper boxes etc. 1 container for plastic. 1 container for metal like lids and cans. 1 container for dark glass and 1 for transparent glass. At home we have sorting for combustibles, food waste that becomes compost and household waste that goes to landfill. everything else we drive to the waste station for sorting
In the UK it differs slightly from local authority to local authority, but in general, we either use different bins for different waste streams or different coloured plastic bags and or canvas bags for the different types of recycling. Nearly everywhere uses black plastic bags for those items that are not deemed recyclable and these usually go for incineration but in some cases, are sent to landfill. Those that are sent for incineration are sometimes used in waste to energy generation power plants. Whilst it is great that the glass featured here is getting a second life, I think it is a tremendous shame that it isn't being recycled into new glassware products thus creating a closed loop circular economy that doesn't require the mining, transportation, and processing of raw materials, reducing emissions and the overall environmental footprint of glass production; (urban mining) in other words.
@@pinkelephants1421 Both. The only thing worth recycling is metal and clean, dry paper with no tape on it. It takes more energy to recycle glass than to make new glass. It is not economical to recycle anything else unless the government and taxpayer are subsidizing a money losing business. Waste management companies get around this by shipping it overseas and then claiming it will be recycled properly in a different country. There was a DW documentary about it a few years ago that showed it happening in Germany, France, and the UK.
100% yea. This only makes the glass dual use. My company uses glass blast media. Once it's used its too dirty and contaminated to use again, it gets shoveled into bags and taken to the landfill.
Not plastic, but I think every state recycles glass, because it's profitable. Most glass is crushed into sand, reheated in furnaces and made into new bottles.
No, not all states. Obviously recycling gets paid for one way or another, but it's not rolled out as an OPTION. If recycling is available in a community, everyone should have a recycling bin. Disincentivizing recycling by making people pay extra to do so is insanity. @@nspro931
AHH YES ...the comment i was looking for...so now its glass with rust in it. I'D be very curious to see how it handled at this point. This is the most important comment on this thread.
@@JohnCefferillowell where do you think brown beer bottles come from? All jokes aside that's what I was thinking like they just throw it out once the jobs done I bet. We need solutions that actually reuse glass there's absolutely no good reason why so much of it is thrown away
I definitely prefer glass over plastic but people saying we should do away with plastic are ignoring the many uses it has. It’s already a byproduct of the oil industry (which is a necessary thing) so it’s definitely not a good idea to do away with but maybe we can manage recycling much better and incentivize all recycling so ut will actually make a difference
Additionally what most people don't realize is the world has a shortage of silica sand, which is used to make glass. Whole beaches in some remote areas have literally been scraped away in order to fill demand.
It's not a by-product of the oil and gas industry. It's just one of many mainstream products that they produce and it is one of the key reasons the Oil and Gas industry is fighting tooth and nail to slow down the phasing out of fossil fuels as they fully recognise that the ongoing shift from ICE to EV transportation is going to radically undermine their business models before too long, beginning roughly around 2030-5 due to a combination of legislation, government policies, and a en masse shift in customer purchasing habits in favour of electric vehicles.
Did I hear him correctly for a small fee I do the work to collect the bottles and I have to pay to get rid of them and they wonder why they end up in the regular dump
This is repurposing to me, not recycling. If they were melting it down and turning it into glass products I would consider it recycling. These bottles are still ending up in the landfill. Just crushed down right?
It's weird that this is even a problem. Companies shouldn't even be allowed to make new glass for bottles they should recycle what is provided to them considering how much is needlessly thrown away
@@pinkelephants1421 I have known some blasters who clean and reuse the sand, they could get three and sometimes four usages before the ability to cut was reduced to the point it took too long to accomplish the job. This all depends on the media you are removing of course, as some is too toxic to clean and reuse
@@pinkelephants1421 I have known some blasters who clean and reuse the sand, they could get three and sometimes four usages before the ability to cut was reduced to the point it took too long to accomplish the job. This all depends on the media you are removing of course, as some is too toxic to clean and reuse
This is nothing new. James Andela created the Andela Pulverizer in the 1990's. The company has been recycling glass and making blasting media for over 25 years. They are located in central NY and sell glass recycling equipment to towns and municipalities all over the world.
_"Most of the glass that we..."_ WHAT!? *CONSUME?!* No, srlsy? ;-) I thought it is the (glass) bottles for BEVERAGES we consume, but what do I know - this is America, they do things their own way... ;-b
Why is the glass mixed with so much foreign matter. They should clean and sort first...and you show a pic of rusted can beer/soda lids and bottle caps 😂
Andela Pulverizer has been recycling glass since the 1990's. They have been selling glass recycling machines all over the world and make blasting media. James Andela, the inventor and former owner of the company also invented a windshield stripper that separated the outer glass from the plastic liner that sandwiches in the middle. His ex-wife Cyndi still owns and runs the company today. They are located in Central New York
The majority of glass bottles aren’t ending up in landfills. The gentleman even explains that there is a contract with the city of Boise for all the RECYCLED glass. This isn’t the 1960’s.
people are lazy though, and i doubt anyone is opening up every trash bag to see if there are glass bottles in them. they still end up in landfill even though there is an way to keep them out.
@@time2fly2124 Our local council's environment dept has a policy of going through people's black plastic bin bags if the rubbish collection crews suspect people aren't recycling in a way that would be considered normal. By this is mean that we have alternative fortnightly collections for paper & cardboard, tins & glass, plastic & black plastic bags non-recyclable household waste. Those that don't comply are sent a warning letter & of there's no improvement, then that household is fined. This is because in the UK, both the central & regional government of Wales have recycling target rates that originally stemmed from when the UK was still a EU member and because the country was running out of space at landfill sites. Wales now had some of the highest recycling rates in the world as a result.
You note that he "has almost got his prices down to that of the slag his competitors sell" So still needs some subsidy until economies of scale/bottle sorting prior to throwing it in the general rubbish gets sorted???
we should get back to glass and get rid of that damn toxic plastic
Should've done that 50 years ago.
I am old enough to remember when all bottles were glass. People complained about how much broken glass was on the street, playgrounds and yards. Go back to glass and vandals will be ecstatic 😊
@@williamofhler5613
They're great for Molotov Cocktails!
Not if there is a $1 per bottle charge right from the point of sale...
Then people will be clamouring to return their glass bottles in exchange for money???
You can throw away a dollar...
or
place the bottle in the recycling bins around town.....
or
give it to your children to stand in line for a refund.
But you've paid whatever you decide!
@@williamofhler5613
@@williamofhler5613I grew up in Ohio where if we went swimming in lakes or rivers we were almost guaranteed to cut our feet on broken glass hence why we wore tennis shoes. I don’t miss those days. And I detest plastic as it never goes away.
For me seeing this is just crazy... in my country we separate the glass by it's color and just make brand new bottles out of it.
Unfortunately, most glass has been replaced with plastic here in the US. We're going back to glass a little, but I think we could use glass a lot more.
glas can be recycled indefinitely without losing structure integrity, not doing this is stupid and insane.
And i hate plastic, give me wooden boxes, wood fiber bags and glass.
I live in a small town in Sweden with about 10,000 inhabitants. we have approx. 10 recycling stations, and at each station we have
1 container for newspaper and magazines.
1 container for corrugated cardboard, cardboard boxes like milk and hard paper boxes etc.
1 container for plastic.
1 container for metal like lids and cans.
1 container for dark glass and
1 for transparent glass.
At home we have sorting for combustibles, food waste that becomes compost and household waste that goes to landfill. everything else we drive to the waste station for sorting
Americans are too stupid to separate their own trash like that.
In the UK it differs slightly from local authority to local authority, but in general, we either use different bins for different waste streams or different coloured plastic bags and or canvas bags for the different types of recycling. Nearly everywhere uses black plastic bags for those items that are not deemed recyclable and these usually go for incineration but in some cases, are sent to landfill. Those that are sent for incineration are sometimes used in waste to energy generation power plants.
Whilst it is great that the glass featured here is getting a second life, I think it is a tremendous shame that it isn't being recycled into new glassware products thus creating a closed loop circular economy that doesn't require the mining, transportation, and processing of raw materials, reducing emissions and the overall environmental footprint of glass production; (urban mining) in other words.
And then it all gets boxed up in shipping containers and gets burned in Indonesia
@@HughesEnterprises Were you replying to me or the other person?
@@pinkelephants1421 Both. The only thing worth recycling is metal and clean, dry paper with no tape on it. It takes more energy to recycle glass than to make new glass.
It is not economical to recycle anything else unless the government and taxpayer are subsidizing a money losing business. Waste management companies get around this by shipping it overseas and then claiming it will be recycled properly in a different country. There was a DW documentary about it a few years ago that showed it happening in Germany, France, and the UK.
After the glass media is used for blasting, and the work area is swept up, doesn't the used glass media end up in the land fill?
100% yea. This only makes the glass dual use. My company uses glass blast media. Once it's used its too dirty and contaminated to use again, it gets shoveled into bags and taken to the landfill.
Glass is sand brainiac.
before the common use of plastics for bottles the recycle rate for glass was in the 90%
Where does the glass end up after sandblasting? The landfills, only this time contaminated with paint and other coatings.
No, the glass and paint from the sandblasting wash down the nearest sewer drain the next time it rains.
That is insane that you have to pay to get stuff taken like that.
I thought every state did recycling - Glass included!
Not plastic, but I think every state recycles glass, because it's profitable. Most glass is crushed into sand, reheated in furnaces and made into new bottles.
Backwards ass state making you pay to recycle. Benefits for everyone involved except the person making the effort to do better. Insanity.
All states do this, I guess the whole country is backward. If they want glass that bad they should foot the bill to acquire the raw material.
@@nspro931 I do not pay to recycle where i am.
No, not all states. Obviously recycling gets paid for one way or another, but it's not rolled out as an OPTION. If recycling is available in a community, everyone should have a recycling bin. Disincentivizing recycling by making people pay extra to do so is insanity. @@nspro931
So it is kept out of the landfill after the first use as a bottle but what happens to the sandblasting material after it is used?
AHH YES ...the comment i was looking for...so now its glass with rust in it. I'D be very curious to see how it handled at this point. This is the most important comment on this thread.
It's landfilled.
@@JohnCefferillowell where do you think brown beer bottles come from? All jokes aside that's what I was thinking like they just throw it out once the jobs done I bet. We need solutions that actually reuse glass there's absolutely no good reason why so much of it is thrown away
Make the MANUFACTURERS take back their own bottles, whether plastic or glass. THEY are making a profit on it, when they sell it.
Glad some one is making money off recycling and reducing the trash. (texas)
I definitely prefer glass over plastic but people saying we should do away with plastic are ignoring the many uses it has. It’s already a byproduct of the oil industry (which is a necessary thing) so it’s definitely not a good idea to do away with but maybe we can manage recycling much better and incentivize all recycling so ut will actually make a difference
Additionally what most people don't realize is the world has a shortage of silica sand, which is used to make glass. Whole beaches in some remote areas have literally been scraped away in order to fill demand.
It's not a by-product of the oil and gas industry. It's just one of many mainstream products that they produce and it is one of the key reasons the Oil and Gas industry is fighting tooth and nail to slow down the phasing out of fossil fuels as they fully recognise that the ongoing shift from ICE to EV transportation is going to radically undermine their business models before too long, beginning roughly around 2030-5 due to a combination of legislation, government policies, and a en masse shift in customer purchasing habits in favour of electric vehicles.
Did I hear him correctly for a small fee I do the work to collect the bottles and I have to pay to get rid of them and they wonder why they end up in the regular dump
This is repurposing to me, not recycling. If they were melting it down and turning it into glass products I would consider it recycling. These bottles are still ending up in the landfill. Just crushed down right?
It's weird that this is even a problem. Companies shouldn't even be allowed to make new glass for bottles they should recycle what is provided to them considering how much is needlessly thrown away
putting glass in landfill is always stupid it doesn't rot away and can be recycled
Yea we run out of sand what will we do
Does it become a basic sand again after use?
Silica sand yes.
No. It is contaminated, therefore it's sent to landfill after sandblasting.
@@pinkelephants1421 I have known some blasters who clean and reuse the sand, they could get three and sometimes four usages before the ability to cut was reduced to the point it took too long to accomplish the job. This all depends on the media you are removing of course, as some is too toxic to clean and reuse
@@pinkelephants1421 I have known some blasters who clean and reuse the sand, they could get three and sometimes four usages before the ability to cut was reduced to the point it took too long to accomplish the job. This all depends on the media you are removing of course, as some is too toxic to clean and reuse
@@Oldmane-420 That is very interesting to learn. Thanks. 😊👍
This is nothing new. James Andela created the Andela Pulverizer in the 1990's. The company has been recycling glass and making blasting media for over 25 years. They are located in central NY and sell glass recycling equipment to towns and municipalities all over the world.
_"Most of the glass that we..."_ WHAT!? *CONSUME?!* No, srlsy? ;-) I thought it is the (glass) bottles for BEVERAGES we consume, but what do I know - this is America, they do things their own way... ;-b
Lemay here in the PNW don't take glass in their recycle bins. WTF ?
Why not use industrial laser instead?
Hey Sound Guy.. You had One Job..right?
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Why is the glass mixed with so much foreign matter. They should clean and sort first...and you show a pic of rusted can beer/soda lids and bottle caps 😂
do they take auto glass
Andela Pulverizer has been recycling glass since the 1990's. They have been selling glass recycling machines all over the world and make blasting media. James Andela, the inventor and former owner of the company also invented a windshield stripper that separated the outer glass from the plastic liner that sandwiches in the middle. His ex-wife Cyndi still owns and runs the company today. They are located in Central New York
The majority of glass bottles aren’t ending up in landfills. The gentleman even explains that there is a contract with the city of Boise for all the RECYCLED glass. This isn’t the 1960’s.
people are lazy though, and i doubt anyone is opening up every trash bag to see if there are glass bottles in them. they still end up in landfill even though there is an way to keep them out.
@@time2fly2124 Our local council's environment dept has a policy of going through people's black plastic bin bags if the rubbish collection crews suspect people aren't recycling in a way that would be considered normal. By this is mean that we have alternative fortnightly collections for paper & cardboard, tins & glass, plastic & black plastic bags non-recyclable household waste. Those that don't comply are sent a warning letter & of there's no improvement, then that household is fined. This is because in the UK, both the central & regional government of Wales have recycling target rates that originally stemmed from when the UK was still a EU member and because the country was running out of space at landfill sites. Wales now had some of the highest recycling rates in the world as a result.
Make Glass Great Again!
Come pick it up I'm not dropping anything off
monthly fee when he profits money from it wow double dipping
When I was a kid, we used to get paid 2 cents a bottle to bring them back to the store.
Mostly we'd spend that money on candy.
You note that he "has almost got his prices down to that of the slag his competitors sell"
So still needs some subsidy until economies of scale/bottle sorting prior to throwing it in the general rubbish gets sorted???