How Sand Made From Crushed Glass Rebuilds Louisiana’s Shrinking Coast

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Two college students founded one of Louisiana's only glass recycling companies. They're turning glass into sand and using it for coastal restoration.
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[@dm9860]

I work in asphalt business, research using curtain types and or sizes of your glass to sell to the asphalt making plants. Right now sand, stones and asphalt syrup is used to make the asphalt that is put down for roads and driveways... asphalt is a very large business in America.. if you can tap in to that, you would have an unlimited demand for ur crushed glass .

[@keyuribrahmbhatt5094]

Hi can you please help me with asphalt business as to what is needed?

[@dm9860]

@@keyuribrahmbhatt5094 Sorry just got ur message, Sand stone gravel and asphalt syrup is heated and mixed in big tumbling blast furnace , research it to see. U can add up to 20% crumb rubber to make a more flexible and long lasting product.

[@carolfletcher4462]

AMAZING!! It's great to see our future generation is using recycling as a way to help restore nature, BRAVO!!

[@PHIre156]

This is the exact kind of thing we need in the world.

[@Jonathan-hu6vr]

What a dumb@55…

[@GladDestronger]

Or at least give nature a helping human hand.

[@grubalaboocreosote4774]

Yes, restoring the nature our filthy, pathetic predecessors, older millennials and older, destroyed without care. Abandon the old, like they abandoned us.

[@SodiumSyndicate]

@@hanswerner321 typical leftist environmentalist stupidity. That glass is better off being recycled to make new glass instead.

[@cherie5308]

Love this so much, wish it were done everywhere!

[@Kian2002]

All glass is collected and recycled in the UK; we treat our waste as a product to be processed and sold on as raw material. Similarly, metal cans and plastics are sorted at home and collected every week then sold back to manufacturing; organic waste is composted and then sold as growing nutrient. Solutions exist!

[@akari8168]

It's similar in Germany

[@MrBottlecapBill]

Same here. Most of that glass is never re-made into new containers though, since it has a high contamination level. Food, chemicals, paper plastic etc. The bottles have to cleaned to a high standard which is very expensive meaning........recycling the glass is more costly than using new materials. In many cases communities just end up paying to have it land filled.

[@miketheskepticalone6285]

A~and this is one of those solutions. As it currently stands, processing the bottles for reuse is not only more expensive than simply making new bottles, it's exorbitantly so. That said, the issues that make it hard for the whole bottle to be reused don't affect the utility of the material involved in them if the bottles are simply crushed, ground and used as sand.

[@derekgrey3927]

That's great but the US is a lot more spread out for example Alaska is bigger than both Germany and the UK combined and a few states are bigger than either country. England has no trees or any wildlife that once existed there.

[@felipericketts]

What you are doing IS BEAUTIFUL! There are many people around the world starting similarly hopeful and successful projects with a lot of enthusiastic support and benefits for the community. The tide is turning and you are a part of that. Thanks! 🙂

[@RogerJayYang]

Yes recycling is beautiful, but people need to remember to be safe around glass dust because of the risk of silica exposure to lungs. [www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/silica/risks.html]

[@ReelFreak]

Great work everyone, we need more projects like this, thanks for paving the way.

[@vladnickul]

What is silicosis?

[@ryhol5417]

Ppe? Glass dust is no joke

[@NYCforestHQ]

exactly, & of the animals/fish it'll kill by literally cutting them alive from the inside out. i'm sure neither of us would want to breathe in this "glass dust" nor swallow it... so what's the difference with any other living thing? I think this is the worst idea ever.

[@davidmoss6271]

WOW! My hats off to your company for a program that solves the problem of recycled glass, and creates a viable product to control water in flood-prone areas! Nice job to al, keep up the good work!

[@dm9860]

Some asphalt businesses are using up to 20% Crumb rubber in states in the west .. It is more flexible and less long term maintenance, but more expensive to make cause Crumb rubber is still expensive... but so far I haven't heard of any companies putting crushed glass in the asphalt in place of regular sand.. you would have to research that too.. Just giving you ideas to try. Good luck Dana

[@abpccpba]

"20% Crumb rubber in states in the west", total failure here in Phoenix, have you ever seen trailer parks?; they cover all the tires so sun will not rot them so quick. When the rubber starts fail the that rubber moves into the atmosphere and tire noise is louder.

[@Ssups101]

Great thinking outside the box, helping the environment and decreasing the waste stream!

[@scottstrickland3515]

Cool idea!! Maybe if there was an outlet for artisan glass could or if you could start one !!

[@joanhuffman2166]

Larger pieces of glass if left on a beach will be tumbled, smoothed, and frosted over time. Glass pebbles might take longer to be washed away.

[@kayakMike1000]

The IPCC has not found any trend in the strength or frequency of storms. Saying stuff that isn't true repeatedly doesn't make it true

[@b1ff]

The recycling is being done anyway, which is good.

[@speedsterh]

@@marzupalami If there was some kind of standardisation of bottles, that bottles were cleaned for another use, don't you think it'd be a better use of ressources ? Rather than using energy to melt the old glass ?

[@katieaniol]

I want to do this in Michigan! We are losing coastlines on our lake beaches! What an amazing idea

[@veniqe]

Silicosis

[@Kyle-sn9lf]

The gravel you could use for ridges in non coastal areas!

[@Qwerty01012]

It’s all fun and games until you inhale those powdered glasses

[@nunyabitnezz2802]

She sounds like she got some in her throat…vocal fry.

[@the_deva_patil]

Can this sand be used in construction, and in making cement?

[@geoffbarnett6489]

Absolutely. as % blend it can add significant strength to the cement as it has a high amorphous silica content with not silt that is prominent in river and ocean sand.

[@everettduncan7543]

It absolutely can be, as the sand is rough enough. Sand from the desert is not suitable since it rubs up against itself, making the grains too smooth. Therefore it would need to be remelted.

[@joanhuffman2166]

Yes

[@rilesmattix5217]

Holy shit no one here knows what silicosis is

[@b1ff]

Holy shit what an assumption

[@jess_aaron]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!

[@BloodyKnives66]

This is what I want to do in my county. Currently, the local government in my town doesn't even recycle glass since its hard to sort out from other more profitable recyclables. Right now, there's nowhere to toss bottles, but the trash can.

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

WOW! This is great. Congratulations.

[@dm9860]

Wow, very nice, I admire your initiative, starting I think is the hardest part, you have a good idea, but the unknown is unpredictable and scary to make that first leap.. you just have to go for it and see what happens and if you can make it work. So far you have done that, I'm impressed and proud of yous for starting your business..I wish you continued success.. work hard and over come any obstacles that come your way.. be flexible and open to new unknown innovating ways to process and uses for the glass products.. Sincerely, Dana

[@toi_techno]

Wow Two amazing people Good work!

[@willm5814]

So impressed with you guys, wow!!❤

[@ericwieboldt7042]

Wait till all the fine crushed glass gets blown around😂😂😂

[@miketheskepticalone6285]

Happens all the time. What do you THINK is flying in a sandstorm?

[@ericwieboldt7042]

@@miketheskepticalone6285 hanging out on a beach all day or working in a glass crushing factory, hmmm, which one will kill you first.

[@johnnylopez5123]

She speaks like she wants to take a long nap 😂

[@lexuannhi]

Thank you guys. You really make a difference.

[@kristinebailey6554]

I am seldom impressed. by such projects but this is HUGE. Well done young people. Imagine a cobalt beach....... I have ALWAYS been against glass going into landfills.

[@JenniferEliseAtchiso]

Have you tried the concrete business? They are running out of sand sharp enough to make strong concrete.

[@nordfresse]

I cant believe everone here is raving about that idea when it actually is such an enormous waste of raw materials. It takes a lot more energy to make new glas from sand than from recycled glas, so turning glass back into sand is kinda stupid really. Also the argument that the glas manufacturer is too far away is strange. He more than likely sources his raw material sand from far away regardless. Also, why is the richest country in the world still dumping glass in landfills?

[@mariusmcleod2487]

Because it's cheaper for the glass manufacturer's to produce bottles from virgin material then it is recycled.

[@nordfresse]

@@mariusmcleod2487 I find that hard to believe, in Germany most glass is being recycled over and over again.

[@mariusmcleod2487]

@@nordfresse You're free to believe or disbelieve all you like but the fact remains a lot of companies will choose virgin material over recycled. Plastic grocery bag's are a good example very little of them are made from recycled bag while the majority is made from virgin material.

[@nordfresse]

@@mariusmcleod2487 Plastic and glass recycling are very different. Unlike plastic, glass can be recycled almost endlessly without loss in quality. You just have to keep the colors seperate.

[@mariusmcleod2487]

@@nordfresse I never said recycled glass was not reusable. I am simply saying the problem with recycled material is a lot of factories will not take it as virgin cost's less to produce things it's less wear and tear on the machines, less electric usage, etc

[@witness4Him]

Im sure that the metal can be melted into ingots and sold to buyers. The plastic can also be melted and put in plastic moulds to make new products.

[@kc5hgv]

A Glass bottle takes 1 million years to naturally breakdown in the environment.

[@dm9860]

FYI trains are best for large transport of material point to point i.e. no extra trucking to secondary locations.. Less volume to more locations is for trucks.. but may not be profitable like you mentioned in your video.. you'll have to research the logistics for your transportation needs.

[@ithacacomments4811]

I found out that the glass that is placed in the curbside bins in my city is crushed and used to cap a landfill instead of using dirt. I prefer to have the glass that I use to be recycled into to new glass. I take a short drive to a bin where a local glass maker collects glass to be recycled into new items... to deposit bags of glass every few months.

[@richardraubenstine6896]

Has anyone tested your leftover as an aggregate in concrete? I am not a scientist or anything like that, but wouldn't much of what you produce also benefit as an aggregate in other materials.

[@divineantiwokegangster]

makiing glass from glass is smarter

[@BabolokiWabone]

I want to start a new project on glass recycling how can you simply assist in pliss

[@苑舉民]

These people are the role model of college students as they fulfilled their social responsibilities.

[@hornetscales8274]

Seems like a good deal. Is it cost effective enough to run on its own?

[@SodiumSyndicate]

nope. this is a typical colored hair woke operation that depends on handouts.

[@bryancondrey6457]

How about roofing shingles?

[@euniceschoenfelder3570]

But for dog to eat and Fisch in the water not good idea

[@b1ff]

The video already proves you wrong. Plant life can grow it.

[@judeangelicacalvo5969]

Good to know everyone here is so positive❤ facebook comments are soooo toxic

[@CarmindyOnline]

it's 1 year later I'd love to see an update video!!

[@johnpartridge7623]

Fantastic idea & well done to you both & your Team 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Kohlenstoffkarbid]

The idea is nice but a waste of ressources. Instead of making new sand they should make new glass instead. Simply because the market would demand less sand for glass making if glass gets recycled. Making glass demands also lots of energy. Recycling glass demands a good portion less energy.

[@BloodyKnives66]

Recycling glass makes zero money, unfortunately. Turning it into a product makes more money...

[@americanwoman6246]

Wow would love to see where they are today... One year later!

[@SodiumSyndicate]

How are these guys generating profits?, what is their economic sustainability model?

[@helicalactual]

Get some!

[@arihantganeshwade4248]

Is it good for building construction?

[@joanhuffman2166]

I've heard in some places where sand is in short supply they do. People return glass items to a vending type machine, which crushed it and stores it until it is picked up.

[@jess_aaron]

Silicosis anyone?

[@raystinger6261]

Can this glass sand be used in construction?

[@New_moon305]

godavari river in India, we have so much sand.

[@tomschmoll9912]

We are running out of sand, 😂

[@b1ff]

That’s why we’re making more.

[@brytanniparrett]

Why does this only have 5k views!?!! This is cool af

[@givrally7634]

1:45 Wow, is that Chris from Family Guy ???

[@sipioc]

See this! This! Is what we need. Not Carbon taxes to give government more money to do nothing. INNOVATION!

[@johndulewich5993]

GREAT JOB KEEP IT UP 👍👍👍 LOTS OF LOVE FROM CANADA 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@fteve1961]

Lots of labor. Which is good. Keeps our people busy. Busy hands are happy hands

[@adammerchant2133]

This is really cool. I would love to work there

[@Kevin-wj4ed]

Just awesome!!!!!!

[@dm9860]

Every time it floods, cost lots of money to replace and repair and people are forced out of their homes.. lake Pontchartrain is used to take some of flood water, if they drain it before a storm arrives.. If needed other lakes can be used, or make some in strategic locations

[@jetah]

how much time to drain it? then, what about the devastation to the local wildlife that use it? > Lake Pontchartrain is the second largest salt lake in the United States. It has 4,838,400 acre·ft or 1,576,599,544,396.8 gallons.

[@Marsh_MallowMan]

uhhhh.... why aren't they melting it down to make new glass? i watched the entire video hoping for them to talk about creating new glass from old glass and they aren't. This is "reuse" rather than recycling.

[@brentbeauchamp2408]

2:20ish

[@Andrii87]

So, how is this financed?

[@maxlui5365]

That's cool! 😀

[@troymalone8711]

Seems more like a charity than a business. Doubt they are currently economically viable with just what seems like one revenue stream; apart from grants (your money). Also I would say the best use of recycled glass is as glass.

[@b1ff]

They’re still doing a lot more than posting doubt on a KZbin video.

[@jeannickqualao9733]

Could this form of sand be used in construction?

[@BloodyKnives66]

Yes, it works well as an aggregate for concrete and works for drainage etc...

[@dilvastak7351]

today we showed you how to make sand from sand tomorrow we will show you how to make water from water, more precisely liquid water from ice

[@susiedias342]

amazing and hopeful!!!

[@wilfredolopez5293]

Congratulations. Amazing job.

[@wendyernstrom8853]

Wow. Kudos for standing up abd tackling the isdue!

[@lukeamato2348]

Only in America. Here in Canada i get paid for my bottles

[@phantomzone2571]

So we use glass bottles for reforming coast line instead remaking glasses, bottles with less CO2 emissions. Also I don't know how this operation is correct under geologic and biological point view.

[@BloodyKnives66]

Less profitable, there's a reason most counties in America won't even recycle glass...

[@phantomzone2571]

@@BloodyKnives66 In coloured bottles there are Cu, Mn, Co, Fe, Pb compounds and sulfates, sulfides. This fine materials have an high economic and energetic cost. A bottles factory has much savings by recycling.

[@Gringle_]

reminds me of when they tried to use old tires to reconstruct a reef lmao

[@miketheskepticalone6285]

Not quite the same. Tires decay over time. Glass, however, is stable, non-organic, and inert. The tires decayed into various levels of reactive materials, and destroyed what they were intended to build upon. This is basically replacing sand with ... more sand.

[@arlo2023]

i can see some potential health hazards in especially the lungs..

[@avananyainarajoelina931]

Can we use it in construction?

[@joanhuffman2166]

Yes

[@martinsaunders7925]

Keeps them busy. The whole upper gulf coast is subducting the Caribbean plate. Baycliff in Texas has sunk 60 feet in 120 years. The myth has been that the millions of tons of silt running out of the mouth of the Mississippi River building barrier islands as it meandered across the state. So where is the barrier island it created?

[@h7opolo]

haste makes waste, and time is money. time's are changing, and the world will be saved from continual pollution.

[@theaquariancontrarian3316]

Giving the sand bags away for free is killing you guys. At least charge a dollar per bag to cover some of the cost so you can put money back into the company.

[@HarryWHill-GA]

Bravo Zulu (Well Done). Carry on.

[@michaelthompson9548]

Great to see 😊

[@RAJALAKSHMINR-o5j]

why not give the unbroken glass to upcycling industries and the cleaned cullet to manufacturers , there by increasing the life of glass

[@ravi2391]

Hey love your work.. would like to know more about the process and setting up similar facility in India. Pls share your contact details

[@mycreativedesignsspace6739]

So impressive, great job!

[@larryroth4992]

I find this ironic. Years ago i was paid a penny a pound for clean labels off bottles. Now i can't give it away. I personally participated in inaugural earth day(1970). We have come also way baby.

[@user-fw6bd6qk1j]

I mean I like the idea but I don't know if this is safe to animals or human life since they're using crushed glass. No offence but this is a terrible idea

[@eligebrown8998]

So now we can get our feet cut up while walking o the beach. Stop building every where and you wouldn't have this problem

[@DineshGupta-hl7lg]

Wtf is it sand or powdered glass. Do u know what happ3ns when it gets in water. Yes u dont have experience.

[@williamwaters4506]

Good for them!!

[@thebeautiestbeast]

Germans are rocking everywhere ❤

[@scottwilliam9883]

I kinda want to get rich just so I could build a warehouse and do this, just because

[@aaronerskine3401]

wouldn't it be easier for everyone to just throw their trash in the waterways and let nature do the recycling

[@speedsterh]

Easier, probably. Better, certainly not.

[@prophetrexlexful8783]

that is areally intelligent american approach... sarcasm

[@christopherort2889]

Interesting idea. I'd like to see the cost benefits of glass sand vs real sand.

[@trawll8659]

it's not really a question of glass or real sand considering the composition of the material as much as recycled and natural sand.

[@derrick9635]

My glass is half empty and leaking .

[@adnanpilikan5480]

She can use heavy cylinder to break fast

[@macsdf1]

why don't they have any headphones on

[@mariaknows2792]

Even the labels are being recycled?! Theý are also saving water.

[@paulhart7739]

I can’t imagine this being an actual profitable business. Tremendous amounts of energy going into converting the glass to sand. And for what? To dump it…

[@CPT543]

​@ameatballsandwich8060you don't have to focus on solely profits but you need to see some return, otherwise any donations or savings would quickly diminish and then how would you save the environment in the future?

[@getl0st]

What's the bet this will eventually turn into some unintended ecological disaster....

[@BLTEEEE]

I mean if they got scientists I bet they’d be alright 😅

[@miketheskepticalone6285]

Very low. Glass is, basically, just sand melted together. All Glass Half Full is doing is reversing the process.

[@veniqe]

​@@miketheskepticalone6285They've not reversed the chemical process.

[@miketheskepticalone6285]

... not a lot of chemical process involved in glass, @@veniqe , that's kind of why we use it for processing chemicals in. Soda ash and lime are used to make the melted sand crytalise in a homogeneous and reinforcing manner. They USED to use metal salts to induce varying levels of toughness, hardness, or clarity, but mostly it's just silica sand with a little flux that gets flushed off as it's processed into plate, or various bottles or the like. All these guys are doing is turning what is a glut in their area ... bottles ... into material which is rare in their area ... sand.

[@veniqe]

@@miketheskepticalone6285 What matters is not how *many* chemical process there are; what matters is whether or not an item has undergone a chemical process. If a raw product has undergone a chemical change, then the new item can't be turned back into the raw product. Bread, for example, can't be turned back into *wheat* flour, and only *wheat* flour.

[@annky1001]

AMAZING is the word came in my mind! When I watched it! Thank you for loving the environment !

[@SilverBlade001]

Small piles of barely filled sandbags against storms and flooding? Excellent way to spend a whole life for nothing. Piles of star-shaped concrete blocks would work MUCH MUCH better.