Glass takes 1 million years to break down into its natural state and costs the village of Los Lunas $33.66 per ton to bury, $340,000 per year. The purchase of a glass crushing plant turned this huge ...

This is just one of the many applications/uses for the Merlin-VSI™ range of crushers. With worldwide stockpiles of waste glass forever growing and government taxes on landfill becoming ever more ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque’s Solid Waste Management office had made quite the upgrade. A massive, brand new glass crusher will give Albuquerque new potential when it comes to ...

The executive director of Glass Act Recycling said that the non-profit located in a warehouse at 5215 Leo St Suite B. has outgrown its small glass crusher. Now, a fundraising campaign is underway to ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coastal Bend residents will have to wait a bit longer to recycle glass items because the new transfer station will not include a glass crusher until several years in the future ...

That's the message the newly formed nonprofit Glass Act the Art of Recycling wants to send out. Why is it important to recycle glass? Glass is heavy, said Annie Collins who is spearheading the effort ...

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The City of Tucson is using a new project to save money and help the environment. The city is using crushed glass to help with construction projects, and are testing the process on a ...

Katie Aldworth grabs an empty wine bottle, puts it into a glass crusher, and then walks through her Maryland pottery studio with the end product: glass sand. After measuring out 275 grams, she pours ...

At sustainability-obsessed Shaw restaurant Oyster Oyster, candles are made from filtered cooking oil and the beeswax of its local honey producer. Menus are printed on recycled paper with pollinator ...

Gallons of glass in all shapes, sizes and colors sit awaiting their crushing fate in the backyard of Tina Crapsi and Dawn Vincent. The pair run BackYard Sapphire — a grassroots glass recycling ...