Recycling Glass To Sand! Glass Crushing & Recycling Line

[@TheFiown]

If I was an engineer I would specialise in recycling and waste conversion, not because it's 'fashionable' to be 'green' but because it has so much potential. I've seen kitchen counter tops make from crushed glass, paving slabs from plastic bottle, sweaters from plastic bottles and so much more. Trash is cash. In the UK we say 'where there's muck there's money' !

[@jaakkosaha5787]

There is no trash, there is only unused raw material.

[@MattMiller-c5b]

Where there’s muck there a buck. I like that

[@JeremyKramer7]

"really interested to hear from you guys in the glass recycling industry". Sorry bro I'm just here because the algorithm told me to be.

[@Canabees1090]

same, still a nice video

[@DJmachine1O1]

Same.

[@RodrigoNascimentoMattos]

yeap same. interesting that im now looking for crushing machine fabricators on my region.... like it.

[@livelarge333]

Because you watched this video, You are now in the glass recycling industry

[@SchradeDemise]

Some people probably searched for this and found useful information. Or probably they're "recycle guys" Cult lol

[@CtrlAltPhreak]

No idea how I found this, but it's pretty interesting.

[@miguelsolo6810]

same here.

[@BlueClefto]

Well, most of interesting things doesn't have a solid reason to be, it's just.. a kind of personal pleasure

[@CtrlAltPhreak]

@@BlueClefto For sure.

[@Ron4885]

Yeah

[@Notagainbro]

youtube algorithm is crazy

[@waggable]

I love how I can clearly hear how this interesting process works and learn about the machines involved without any annoying background noise at all. Thanks!

[@nikv2829]

This has to be the most cordial and informed comment section on any video I've seen. If comments were always like this... this world could be a better place

[@jesusischrist1527]

Very true ... It is unusual to find a comment section not loaded down with senseless gibberish haha... 👍

[@JorgeEstevanTorresPena]

haha absolutely! I came from another video about a winding machine and the comments section was similar to this one. It is gratifying to read them.

[@felixkroeber1769]

I didn't search for this, neither did you yet we're all here and watched all of it

[@josedariopinto3728]

All hail the KZbin algorithms!

[@spheghetilover]

i searched it up

[@helpmeget1ksubswith1video30]

Right lmao

[@mbplayzgames5484]

I serached it

[@PeansINbetweens]

I searched for it...to many beers haha

[@websitedesigner7158]

This is sooo good. Everywhere in dumpsites of residential areas ,you find so many glass bottles and jars dumped ;a big hazard to human safety .Seeing this man recycle the glass is so amazing .I wish I can have that machine here in Kenya .

[@jeanhawken4482]

Wish our councils in Australia had this machine. At the moment there are far to many fools in the recycle game who are not fit for purpose. We need genuine clever people like this young man

[@dtr125]

I don't know what the costs of running those machines are compared to purchasing raw sand is, but it seems a good way of re-using glass in things like concrete. Also didn't realize it would revert back to sand colour when crushed fine enough, must be the way light refracts through the fine particles i guess.

[@walterbrown8694]

In 1953 , (68 years ago for the arithmetically challenged) I worked for Kimble Glass Co. in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Most of our product lines were whiskey bottles for the major liquor companies in the States. We routinely "recycled" old glass bottles which were then used along with lime and other stuff which I don''t remember, to make the new glass bottles. The "recycling" we did was in large scale quantities commensurate with our high quantity production - I think we had 4 furnaces running continuously to supply the glass for several concurrent production lines. Old glass has routinely been a component of glass production because it requires less cost than mining and refining of new material.

[@Ludifant]

"How It's Unmade"

[@joemathisiii7834]

Remade

[@ManiacalKiwi]

@@joemathisiii7834 The sand is remade and the bottle is unmade

[@0patience4flz]

🏆you win best comment...no abridging needed

[@tinybats452]

Tfw trees are made from papers

[@ChopStickSoSushi]

@Norm T so true, about 5 years ago I took a trip through coastal California, as an Oregonian I was surprised by how many bottles were just hanging out on the beach cliffs and enbeded into the sandstone

[@ArnoldsDesign]

Nice setup. My glass crushers and screener got badly damaged during a truck wreck recently, so I'm looking for newer equipment now. I was just varying my speed to control the size output, but it makes a lot of dust at higher speeds. The glass does need to be very dry during processing

[@AugustusTitus]

Use a cyclonic recovery system attached to a vacuum and spritz some water into the dust collection system at the jar at the end.

[@cellofae705]

This is great since there is a sand shortage. I can only imagine the construction uses for this. Super excited to see this develop into common practice and get glass out of landfills.

[@johndoyle4723]

Hammer mills take no prisoners, they are also very noisy and dusty, but they do the job. Eddy current and mag seps are also your friend. Thanks for the video, good luck selling your kit.

[@johankleinentink3410]

In the Netherlands glass recycling the glass will first be sorted in the different colours like white/brown/ green etc. Everywhere in The netherlands there are these Glass containers in which the consumers already dump the bottles according to the colours. Otherwise the different coulours would mix in an unwanted diffuse mixup.

[@enoughrope1638]

They do that here in the US too. The thing is though the US is massive and decentralized so recycling initiatives are done on the local level village, town, city, or at most county (some counties are larger than the Netherlands).

[@johankleinentink3410]

@@enoughrope1638 Thanks for the input!

[@IllIlllI]

Same as in Germany, think all of eu has it. But I think it’s for recycling glass to glass, if you do glass to sand it doesn’t matter

[@mattipauwels3374]

@@IllIlllI Western europe, in the east it goes on the dump.

[@SnorrioK]

@@mattipauwels3374 - maybe there's a market for making glass sand and selling to sandblasting companies?

[@geoben1810]

Recycling is the most important thing we MUST do for the sake of ourselves, the environment, and the entire planet. 👍🇺🇸

[@lukechillin6226]

Random plastic bottle: "where are we going guys?"

[@bryansmith1920]

Luke if you don't know now in this life you may regret it in the next time you come back

[@xxxBradTxxx]

@Manetit plastic to oil, oil to fungi, fungi to plants

[@Randomperson-yr3gp]

What are you guys even saying?

[@peteacher52]

How refreshing - an informative video with a sensible commentary and no goofy obtrusive extra noise ... oops, I mean music ... added. Neither was there any begging for likes and subscribes, meaning that you credit your viewers with sufficient intellect to know the function of those options. Well done and kudos to those concerned.

[@tracybowling97]

I love to learn more about recycling. It really is an interesting subject. In everyday life you don't think about it. So many things can be recycled. It's amazing!

[@normturner4849]

There was a creep up the road who was rumoured to have ‘recycled’ a couple of biker asshats into mulch. ♻️ Cops finally got him after 23 years thanks to them doing the annual Due Diligence and checking DNA 🧬 as new evidence. A neighbourhood rumour came true😲 At least there was no wastage...

[@JamesSmith-ui2hv]

breathe the air with glass particles and let us know .

[@nikv2829]

Recycling is supposedly the least sustainable option, compared to reduce and re use..

[@justinstrickland4199]

randomly getting into geology -here is mbmm on my you tube roandomly getting into mining - here is mbmm on my youtube again randomly interested in e waste - mbmm does it again here i am wondering about recycling glass, heres mbmm. LOL This guys like a character in my rabbit hole that keeps providing all the info i need :D

[@semoneg2826]

Yep you would have an interesting journey with this chanel

[@isabellerl9178]

this is great! very straight forward and easy to follow for uninformed viewers while staying interesting, well made and fun!! rlly glad to have come across this video :D

[@rhondac98606]

way back in 1974 I worked for Owens Illinois Glass Factory located Parkrose, Oregon. They separated the glass in 3 colors, brown, clear, and green. Then crushed and then sprinkled over the electric furnace melting the mix back into molten glass to be blown into bottles and jars. you might contact them.

[@baldaailaiah6594]

Please your mobile number

[@unknownUser-ph3br]

Nice, good work. You are defently going in the right direction. Consider colour sorting and then washing the glass maybe after the first crushing to remove food, paper and glue residues from the glass. The washing requires a drying step afterwards tho, so it might be not profitable enough. At my country (Germany) the glass can't get properly recycled if the colour contamination exceeds a certain percentage in one colour. One coloured glass can be mixed in with a new batch of glass in glass bottle production and can start a second life as beverage container.

[@charlieboye2009]

I was on a hammer mill project a long while ago. Our hammers was a manganese super duplex material. The rotor design was very similar to yours. We had a throughput of 25 tons per hour metric. Our feed was lead acid batteries. The hard part was the separation, we used a variety of conveyors, some screw but the main one was a giant chain mail conveyor for removing oxide sludge.

[@Barskor1]

Ah for the good old days when recycling glass containers was just washing the damed things and refilling them.

[@gangleweed]

Yeah, back in the 50's in South Africa we used to pay 4 pennies for a Coke and get a penny back on a Coke bottle......we made lots of pocket money after school that way.

[@VoteScientist]

It was Anchor-Hockings in 1955 that introduced the "one use tm" beer bottle.

[@rattymahatty8456]

10p to return a fizzy drink glass bottle in the 80's in the UK.. :)

[@Barskor1]

@steve gale Yeah that is a concern until we go electric and with nearly everyone producing electricity one way or another for their needs and putting the rest to the grid transport costs are going to be near nothing.

[@svampebob007]

@@gangleweed 26 cents per sub .5 liter plastic bottles (and brown glass), and 0.3 for any bottle above 0.5 liter in Norway 2020 I don't know why they don't put that kind of system on all types of glass containers, or plastic for that matter, because it's a great incentive to recycle those. I think it has something with licenses or something.... But some schools can collect 700-1200 usd in a "bottle collection day" around some neighborhoods, it keeps the streets clean and helps recycle those bottles that would most likely just end bu being thrown away in the trash if it wasn't for that $0.2-0.3 per bottle it's more of a 10:1 return policy and it works. We are working on implementing that same system, but in agricultural regions in developing countries like Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. people are more likely to recycle if they know they can get something back for it, and it would help poor people (especially children) a mean of extra income, in hopes of swaying them away from a life of crime.... that's the hope, the reality is probably it's going to get fucked by some politician :)

[@G_____]

This guy’s answering questions I had but never asked and questions I didn’t know I had.

[@debbiehughes795]

Would A powdery glass like that be dusty and dangerous to breath in? I would almost think you would need A respirator being around it.

[@mikaelabowen5781]

Glass dust is extremely bad for the lungs - very abrasive.

[@wsl3666]

not powder- sand

[@mikaelabowen5781]

@@wsl3666 I appreciate that, but any crushing process also produces quantities of tiny particles as well as the desired grit/sand. If this set-up were indoors I'd definitely be wearing some good respiratory gear. I used to work in very high silica sand stone and the dust - much finer than the particle size of the stone itself - permeates everything. Even wet processes, unless they are very thoroughly set up, allow quite a high spread of dust.

[@frankyflowers]

mesothelioma

[@martinportillo6694]

Yeah any abrasive substance is bad for your lungs.

[@kfl611]

I wondered how this was done. Seems like a big time and energy saver to recycle as opposed to making glass from raw materials.

[@floobertuber]

I'm fascinated by this kind of stuff, so thanks for posting! I do have a question though, since there is no apparent pre-processing done to remove the labels on those bottles, how much does paper and adhesive affect the quality of the final product? Does this need to be further removed somehow, or does it all just flash-burn off when they re-form the glass into new feedstock? EDIT: Also, why isn't it necessary to separate the various colors of glass beforehand?

[@isurumaddumage1922]

Paper or small amount of organic material don't affect the final product. since it oxidize at glass melting temperature into water and carbon dioxide. the only things need to be separated are, metals, ceramics, stones and plastics.

[@floobertuber]

@@isurumaddumage1922 Interesting, thanks!

[@tg13fire]

KZbin algorithm. You have again blessed us with your wisdom. Let us pray

[@jeremyandmichelledevereux2756]

I run a pool maintenance business in Perth Australia, and we use crushed glass as media for pool filters. The theory behind it is that the glass grains have sharper edges than the grains of sand so they can collect the dirt from the water more efficiently than the naturally occuring sand grains... but honestly I don't see much difference in perfermance between 16/30gr sand and the fine glass in performance. But hey, customers ask for it and we provide. The glass is a multigrade of some kind, if you look close you can see that it is a mix of different coloured glass. It looks much like glass and is applied the same as glass, but if you spill any while filling the filter you want to sweep it up because unlike sand, kneeling on glass pieces will do you some damage.

[@CryptoInvest-LunaticCapital]

awesome!!!!This is what our country needs to save this earth for the next generations to come.

[@Kraals]

Makes good sandblast media.

[@magapickle01]

Yes it does . Leaves metal nice and white

[@randybobandy9828]

@@magapickle01 agreed just bought a 50lb bag of crushed glass.

[@rogerbarton497]

@@magapickle01 With a nice surface that takes paint nicely.

[@magapickle01]

@@rogerbarton497 I use it to sand blast car body's when it's ground down to 70 to 110 mesh

[@westtex3675]

Interesting. I had always just assumed recycled glass was melted together to make new glass instead of crushed.

[@James-bw4np]

I worked as a glass installer and I had the same assumption. They told me that each manufacturer of glass used a slightly different "recipe" of chemicals to make their specific types of glass. And that if you just tried to melt that down and mix it up together, it would not work because current methods (as of 2014) would not be able to get the different glasses to mix evenly. It would be patchy and those patches would be weak points that would break at the slightest thing, even temperature changes of one side being at 40F and the other being at 70F. So a 30° temperature differential could cause the glass to break from "heat stress" oddly enough. This guy has it right though, that sand can be used in cement as an alternative to regular sand. So not as much recycle as re-purposing.

[@westtex3675]

@@James-bw4np yea, I figure it would at least be useful for cement, though maybe not cost-effective if in a region that has lots of sand naturally.

[@RhysShields]

@@westtex3675 I’m pretty sure that not all sand is created equal. So the sand a country has isn’t always the best for concrete

[@hangfire5005]

crushing it makes it way easier to deal with. it's a lot easier to move around a plant and into batching machines and furnaces when it's a powder. at my plant we can blow the powder through 4 inch pipes up to a furnace 3 stories high using air pressure. you can't do that with bottles

[@rojer9]

@@RhysShields right. river sand is the best apparently, desert sand - no good, too smooth. so you'd think living in a desert would be great, but no.

[@johnspargo5876]

Why crush so fine? We fabricated the structure 5 stories high for a recycling plant in Cape town. the glass is crushed to about the size you initially do. then its sorted to 5 colours using video cameras and a glass water fall with each piece of broken glass tracked and blown onto a specific conveyor with a air jet. plus minus 200 tons per shift. the sorted pieces ares stored in bunkers (cullet) and delivered to the appropriate furnace with massive cat front wns loaders. the fines (by product) are low value and are sent elswhere and get used as hydroponic growing medium. filter material and other uses

[@MacClay8]

Some places here use it as an abrasive medium.

[@scott.c9587]

Sounds like a lot of energy being used.

[@clasic36]

John Spargo ‘’

[@blakehafling6995]

Another use is in the production of concrete in areas natural sand is expensive to produce by washing soils or because the waterways are protected for endangered species. Also, polished cement floors like in schools or government buildings (in the US) use glass to give high sheen and durability.

[@johnr.timmers2297]

Glass recycling is fantastic. I get really po'd when people throw away glass

[@philipthonemann2524]

That was a very nice clear video for me and my grandson aged 3 to watch and learn about recycling - thanks!

[@soundguydon]

That was really interesting!!! I knew the glass was crushed to recycle it -- but I never saw that actual process. Very very interesting!

[@richardszin8764]

great video, would love to hear uses and self-sustainability of a glass crushing operation. Whether you can finance the machines after purchase and a man or two working with them or it is more of a problem. Also where would you use the crushed glass, in industry or making new bottles possibly. Nice video all in all, like it very much

[@Tim-Kaa]

These crashing and sifting videos are highly addictive. Please post more :) Also, please post more gold and silver ore processing.

[@sandeepgoyal1633]

Great video! How the labels on the bottles separated? I would like to know more about setting up of this unit and how much is investment, capacity, maintence support etc.

[@AugustusTitus]

You don't need to. You can just heat it above 500F and the labels should cook off into carbon.

[@tedspens]

Amazing, looks like beach sand without the seaweed and shells.

[@ZappyOh]

Yea, none of that pesky sea-smell ... only a fine odor of mixed wine, beer and expired condiments.

[@eb6195]

Glass is made from the primary ingredient (silica) in sand. Check out "natural glass" that is made when lightening strikes sand.

[@juancarlosvaldes4538]

Very I teresting video on the process of converting glass to fine sand. Out of curiosity, is the sand found on the beaches the same as this final recycled sand you produce? Also, it's incredible to know how sandblasting at very high PSI can take rust out of metal objects. I saw this firsthand at a company a friend of mine used to work at.

[@pascaldorland]

Just wondering, how safe is this "sand" to work with. Is it pure to be used as a processable raw material? Will there be health issues when working with it (tiny shards of glass going airborne?)

[@migger]

they aren't shards

[@polygraphliedetector]

As a glassblower, I wouldn't want to be around this device or its output for any serious period of time. It's basically glass in talc powder form, which is still glass and still causes silicosis if you breath it in.

[@danburch9989]

Question: How is the paper labels and glue handled? I imagine that it would be burned off when melting for new glass but is it processed before that step?

[@josephcote6120]

Burned off when the glass is remelted, same as any old contents left in the bottles and jars.

[@justingrey6008]

If they are just making a utility grade sand I would assume the that any contaminates such as the labels are not critical to the end result. I would also assume that some form of washing operation could remove the bulk of them if needed, I would doubt glass ground into sand would find it's way back into new glass however as this is more refining then it actually needs, the first crushing operation would be sufficient if it was just going to be remelted.

[@oo-cv7vt]

@@justingrey6008 utility grade compared to what

[@TommyTempah]

@@justingrey6008 your right about the glass not being remelted into new glass, we use glass sand as a low cost aggregate for manufacturing concrete blocks, the sand does need to be cleaned of any sugars though via either washing or burning off, as glucose retards the cement reaction and compromises the strengths reached by your blocks.

[@MFingChuck]

@@oo-cv7vt As compared to new. Different colors and types of glass contain different chemicals. So while you may want a clear drinking glass made of crystal (really pure) the glass used as filler in concrete to make a road isn't as important. Some glass isn't even considered recyclable because of it's much higher melting temperature. And since it could take a million years for it to decompose...

[@HWPcville]

Very interesting. Does the glass retain any of its cutting ability after being crushed (such as slivers)?

[@oklahomie95]

I’d say depends on how crushed/small you make it. There is “sharp” sand and stuff like diatomaceous earth is white powder is basically harmless to us and most animals, but to insects it’s sharp enough to cut through exoskeleton. so I would assume it works the same way.

[@roygreen6566]

Stumbled upon this video, love the idea of recycling. Can't imagine why anyone would give this a thumbs down.

[@georgealderson4424]

I agree

[@ridingwithcharley6821]

Love your work guys... I was curious if a wet shaker table would help sift small plastic and paper from the end product? I have thought long and hard on ways to recycle glass safely. Your system works, but the dust is extremely hazardous. I think a trommel style ball mill would work best, using water to prevent dust from escaping to harm the area, then having it feeding a shaker table to remove or wash the end product. Plastic and paper would wash out easily (possibly has a resale value), fine silica glass would run through (definite resale value), and metals would be recovered in particle sizes. Fewer moving parts and cleaner end materials?

[@lowlightevangelist9431]

Introduce water to the process

[@ashkanmohammadi4966]

Welcome to another episode of: “Where the quarantine has lead me today”

[@aikou2886]

SCP brought me here

[@theaslam9758]

101st like

[@jimbayler4277]

@Daan P : I don't normally call people names in comment sections ... BUT !! In your case, I'll make an exception. IDIOT !!! No COVID-19 ?!! Kinda hard to explain the refrigerator Trucks/Trailers stacked up outside Hospitals and Funeral Homes. otherwise !! In a single year, we've lost more people than in the last four or five wars !!! Even China and North Korea are in lockdown mode !! Fake ?! Yeah, Right ! Crawl back under your bridge, Troll.

[@jimbayler4277]

Truth.

[@jayadams2801]

Has it brought you to Jesus yet? You should be able to now realize that these are rhe End Days and Jesus is about to Rapture his Believers

[@josephcote6120]

Years ago I had a summer job working at a recycling center. Most of my time was spent on the glass line separating the colors (clear, brown, green, other) for separate processing. In the video it was all colors at once. Is that standard practice now? Just for demonstration?

[@sharpe227]

since his just making sand it doenst seem to matter.But if he was selling glass bottles to someone to grind into new glass.Its probably like most things clear glass can be make into green or brown.but its harder i would assume to make brown glass or green into clear glass.

[@shaddoecrow5872]

Genuine question, why does the glass need to be sorted?

[@shaddoecrow5872]

Joseph Cote thank you.

[@MattMiller-c5b]

Just came here as an investor. I like what I see and I see many possible applications. Thanks for the info great video!

[@gawni1612]

*Me:* About to go to bed. *KZbin:* Do you want to watch this guy crush glass? *Me:* You can have the next 10 minutes of my life.

[@jwilliams99999]

You Tube after 10 min.: But wait, there's more!!

[@blal07]

Me too. Now I'm reading the comments instead of going to bed.

[@manusmerigold1630]

exactly my case ATM

[@MrTangent]

Looks like you need to spray the metal filters with ballistol or similar rust inhibitor between usages. Would extend lifespan.

[@downunderfulla6001]

awesome thinking, but where did all the plastic go

[@rafetizer]

It would normally be blown of off the conveyor by air blasts.

[@downunderfulla6001]

Awesome thanks Rafe👍

[@user-sm8wo3dj5z]

Outer space, i heard its going to Uranus . Lol

[@CesareVesdani]

Does recycling glass produce the same results?

[@nap10001]

I didn’t realize for a sec he was wearing gloves and I thought he was just sticking his hand in a big pile of broken glass

[@ItsMeTyScott]

He was did you not watch the video

[@psyco_t9387]

lol

[@frost2g301]

5:30 that ain’t no glove

[@shamalamadingleberry7203]

@@ItsMeTyScott He was talking about around the 2 minute mark, not after it was turned into sand.

[@hahaimasian]

Gloves with fingernail, skin, flash, blood, etc, etc

[@teeheee2]

This is a great informational video. The only thing I am confused by is where did all the labels go. Is this something that needs to be removed or does it go into the end sand product?

[@rubyduma6238]

I work at a glass shop and sometimes we’ve been using our tempered glass waste as landscaping rock which looks cool in some cases especially if you have a zero scape yard.

[@joemathisiii7834]

Gas fire pit base!!

[@aoulipa4165]

Appreciate the effort to share this to the world even though I don't think that I'll have much use of the information that I got from this video. It is still a nice thing to watch.

[@nathandean1687]

apply the same tech to circut boards. and beer cans.

[@kondasixtytoo487]

Is there money to be made in crushing glass? How much does it cost to get started with that machine?

[@karozans]

Highly doubtful. You cannot make much money doing things like this unless you are crushing and selling many dozens of tons per day. The equipment to do that would cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars, and you'd have to keep it running 24/7, plus you would have to have some municipality that is supplying you with many tons of glass per day. I imagine you can probably find smaller used machines like this guy for pretty cheap, but you'd have to fix a lot of it first. If you bought new equipment, you'd probably be looking at 20,000 to 30,000 dollars or somewhere around there for everything he has there. It's kinda hard to say.

[@codycampbell3562]

@@karozans Youre looking at it wrong. Instead of buying machinery... sell the "ability" to break the glass down with heavy objects for destructive people. If no one pays then "allow" them to do it for free. All you would need is your garage, a sledge hammer, push broom, and trash can. lol

[@Automedon2]

It is not with a profit in mind. It is about reducing the volume that would have gone into a landfill. Disposing of waste is something that has to be done. Reusing the waste (profit or not) is a better way to do that.

[@fadingjupiter2621]

I have no idea how or why I ended up here, but I watched the whole thing. Well done.

[@MyKharli]

All that energy to make one use bottles is madness

[@Automedon2]

It always boggles my mind - all the processes and manufacturing that goes into container whose contents are consumed in a minute. If that same glass and manufacturing was used to make an actual drinking glass it would be used for decades.

[@MyKharli]

@@Automedon2 Its unregulated capitalism , we need sustainable resource management ... a 100 years ago .

[@rocketmanpm]

Wow! Fascinating. Don't quite know how I fell in here, but nice video. Now, I'll be thinking of uses for the various fractions of recycled glass. Decorative & semi-structural applications come to mind. Thank you!

[@markkeith9055]

Glass to sand is a good idea. It'll help with the shortage of sand crises.

[@normturner4849]

Yes, hopefully it will reduce the inconvenience of sand in the butt crack. Less sand on the beach will equal less sand crunching in ur hole at the beach. Can’t wait until this scourge is taken care of and the beaches are covered in glass! 😇😆

[@JamesSmith-ui2hv]

No it only creates a silent killer , guess what that microscopic glass can do to your lungs .

[@CafeenMan]

@@JamesSmith-ui2hv It makes lung windows so you can see into your lungs?

[@NSResponder]

I'm curious how that finest material you showed at the end performs as a substitute for river sand in a concrete mix.

[@oorjacityspirit-inpune8980]

I am curious too.

[@scribtoon7146]

imagine how unimaginably loud that must be

[@normturner4849]

So you want us to imagine something unimaginable? Are you trying to make my brain come up with a ‘does not compute message’? 🤯😆 5 ppl gave you a pass on that paradigm 😉

[@mason3229]

Norm Turner expect the unexpected lmao

[@AB-wf8ek]

To imagine the unimaginable would be an oxymoron

[@scribtoon7146]

@@AB-wf8ek the point lol

[@metalmicky]

I love the sound of breaking glass.

[@andrewgraves3109]

I work on a gravel crusher. The science behind it just amazes me. Making huge things small.

[@MORErings]

When you reached in the tiny glass shard with a bare hand, I shouted NO out loud

[@justanothadude8339]

Same, I was like dude.

[@rogerbarton497]

Perfectly safe!

[@surreygeorge11]

Taking waste material and turning it into a business. Sounds like a benefit to all of us. Hope your biz is successful.

[@kylekelly1167]

I love how they turn down the sound of the crushing. It saves your ears.

[@georgealderson4424]

I thought that too Kyle

[@teunlll]

looks really cool. in the powder fraction you lost the plastics right? when it was still a bit bigger the plastic would still be bigger in size, thus able to sieve out. Could you explain this a litle?

[@onefeather2]

Love how things are made and recycled ❤️

[@Bleepbleepblorbus]

Then you should learn how to make plastic bottles into string. It's worth it.

[@valmin5589]

Could you please clarify what this “sand” is usually used for? Like put back on the beach or turned back into glass? Thanks

[@TheDarkMaster312]

Both

[@TheDarkMaster312]

Also, concrete

[@DeliciousDeBlair]

The system you have is pretty workable for anything I would be using, seeing as I would only be using it either as concrete infill, or to make sodium silicate for reinforcing concrete.

[@ramonching7772]

If you compare the cost of the two. I have a hunch crushed sand as a waste of rock quarry, or sand from the river would be much cheaper. Broken bottles are more valuable to glass bottle maker.

[@tituspullo9210]

@@ramonching7772 Yes, but you have to bear in mind that glass bottle manufacturers need to have a certain fraction - too fine and it cannot be used.

[@davidwhitcher1708]

I noticed that the labels have been left on. Is there a part of the process not shown that removes that?

[@InvestingBookSummaries]

KZbin does suggest good channels from time to time

[@ziggstah5307]

Very interesting ..I watch you thru Dan Hurd and tied into this vid after watching a vid outta New Orleans on recycling glass .The vid said there is an increasing demand for a coarser aggregate . And on a related note the same idea an uses in NEW HAMPSHIRE for road base. Because the glass doesnt absorb water it does nt freeze as a base for roads so cracking etc is highly reduced

[@jeremyowens7560]

Nice video! I have a question, why didn’t you separate the glass out to blue, brown, green, and clear?

[@MildFracas]

Jeremy Owens this video was just him showing how well his current equipment could crush glass.

[@gangleweed]

I do that at home with a 1 metre length of 100mm square steel tubing and crush glass to 1/2 mm size using a car half shaft as the crusher......I use different coloured wine bottles and store them in plastic containers to make ornaments after re-melting them.

[@downunderfulla6001]

Ian what is a car half shaft please. Drive shaft-Axle-Crank shaft, i'm in no way mechanical but you have me stumped

[@gangleweed]

@@downunderfulla6001 Some cars, especially the older ones, have a back axle that has 2 shafts sticking out of the middle bit, one either side, which is the differential. These shafts are called half shafts and are about 1 metre long, made from very tough steel and drive the back wheels. Whenever I ever get one I use the steel for jobs that need to be tough as they can be machined on a lathe etc.

[@downunderfulla6001]

@@gangleweed wow awesome thank you for your time and help cheers

[@sherharden7034]

I''ve always wondered how we could recycle our glass and this video was very informative and awesome and now what can we make with that powder? (And I'm wondering how does the plastic get separated from the glass? Does it have to be manually separated piece-by-piece?)

[@cuatropolis2881]

5:18 shows how they remove the air from glass

[@codycampbell3562]

fr what the hell was that about

[@markopolo5695]

I have used this recycled glass to lay block paving on in England it stinks a bit with it being mainly beer bottles and you have to keep it damp while compacting with a Vibrating plate but it doesn't move after you've laid the blocks Plus it's much cheaper than River/Concreting sand

[@Ocxlocxl]

this man deserves to make a fine living out of this- I hope he does

[@UnsaltedCashew38]

0.8mm fine :)

[@robertweekley5926]

@@UnsaltedCashew38 - Is that your response, when the Wife says "FINE?" You just say, "0.8 mm fine, to be exact!" 🙄😁🤭

[@UnsaltedCashew38]

@@robertweekley5926 Of course! Because 0.5 mm fine only works in low humidity conditions. 0.8 mm is as good as it gets :)

[@greglysne3260]

For the prices you bet he does.

[@dublplus]

After which screening do you feel comfortable putting your bare hands through it? Seems sketch, but what do I know..

[@abelzuban-arvay6848]

I would be afraid of the fine glass dust which you breath in during the process. Also, aren't your hands hurting after putting them in the powder? I'd imagine it would make you feel the way fiberglass does with those stingy sensations.

[@benchokwaiman]

Interesting. So the smaller powder does not cut at all anymore? No micro cuts on soft tissue either? If it where to blow in ones eye for example or swallowed by a kid playing in a sandbox?

[@stevetobias4890]

Would like to see how easy it melts into glass rods.

[@SnorrioK]

Probably very easy since it already is glass. Similar to recycling aluminium, much less energy needed to remelt it than the oxide it's made from.

[@MrBluegreennrg]

@@SnorrioK Takes about 1300 deg.f, which is about the same for steel so you need to have a special set up.

[@zenazure]

as far as i understand it mixing glass of different types like that will result in really awful rods, and glass in general. it would be very brittle if you could get anything, and beyond that it would crack if you tried to treat it after.

[@matthewfinger2381]

How does this compare to real sand from a beach? Does it feel different or stick together when wet?

[@DustinBKerensky97]

Hey government, invest more of our taxes in stuff like this. I got lots of waste glass and no local recycling, even if it needs a bit of assistance lets grow this market.

[@marksmod]

will do

[@Kapparie]

No local recycling? 😱 How in earth is that possible in 2020? We recycle glass since the 80's.

[@garrettholland664]

Glass recycling isnt economical. Did you see the wear on the hammers? And think about all the energy it takes to run this system

[@fender10g]

@@garrettholland664 we need to find a way to make it economical. It's better for the earth, we just need to find a way to make it better for our wallets as well.

[@steves2694]

Glass seems to be a stable product. Other than taking up space, what environmental concerns are there for glass in a landfill?

[@franco912]

I never thought it could be feasible, is it possible to recycle other sort of glasses like mirrors, windows?

[@yummyherbicide7296]

this man really lowered the volume on the part we all wanted to hear

[@D3fcon141]

You wanted to hear* lol

[@spinbubba]

Yes maybe. A short idea of noise volumes

[@mcockerham2003]

I was glad he did because it would have blown out my speakers.

[@captnodge]

Tis a terrible racket I filmed our hammer mill doing aluminium.

[@fb1926]

just like most of us algorithm got me here & i would like to know fine glass use application in construction concrete etc if any ????

[@gazwild1]

Anybody know what happens to the paper labels? - this would seem to be a contaminant

[@missingno2401]

i think they burn

[@timmytheguitarguy]

in some plants they have a high-tech solution that uses light/laser to scan through the debris and if it finds a piece of paper it uses jet air to push the paper away into a different stream. THe technology is called redwave if you are intersted...

[@AlohaChips]

Personally I am more concerned by the plastic labels. Paper will break down, especially ground up, but microplastics are already an environmental problem without any ground up plastic mixed in.

[@normturner4849]

AlohaChips I would think any plastics such as lids are melted in the process.

[@normturner4849]

MSSGNO We are all gonna 🔥burn. Especially those who commune with the devil. All hail, Satan👹come get all of us who comment on the internet...🤣

[@truthseeker3477]

A great glass recycling method. I hope MBMM find a lot of customers. I wonder if they could modify it to recycle asphalt. That will help another needed industry.

[@tjoelfoster]

Asphalt is already recycled. Very little "new" asphalt is produced around here. The roads are ground into dump trucks, carried to the plant, recycled, and brought back and put back down often on the same road. On major projects, they put portable asphalt plants up on a piece of land near the project to do the job.

[@tilmaen]

The magnetic steel remover would be way more efficient if it were a stage, where the material is running on the actual belt, not the belt running over the material. Less magnetic force needed, more material removed. However probably 2 stages needed because of glass contamination after the first stage. At least that is how the local crushing line here is set up.

[@donaldburkhard7932]

So can it be remelted? Could it be a replacement for fiberglass? Additive for asphalt or roofing?

[@grumpyg9350]

I was hoping you would show the plastic recovery.

[@mitchblackmore5230]

What about the corks, plastic lids and all the paper labels? No contamination issues? They get burned out when it's re-processed or what? And no idea how this video came up in my mentions, but it was interesting none the less.

[@sixcolors4226]

Glass and Aluminum, 100% recyclable and neither require sorting.

[@lourias]

Question: why crush the glass so fine if it is being recycled into more glass? What purposes is the crushed glass being used? I am am sure there are many end uses, I am just not acquainted with the intricacies of the processes. Thank you for enlightening me.

[@ga1actic_muffin]

you know you have seen all of you tube during the covid lock down when you are watching glass recycling industry videos....

[@kareno8634]

*BRAVO!* Thanks for the Info, i'll see who i can recognize there's *No Excuse for NOT Recycling Glass.*