The smashing story of recycling Glass

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  • Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
  • The smashing story of recycling Glass shows the journey that takes place for glass bottles and jars from your recycling boxes or bring banks to the reprocessor and then ultimately back into new products.

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  • @plxton
    @plxton 5 років тому +15

    I was really hoping for a 90s video, just because that's always the type you get with this kind of thing.

  • @davidlefort4553
    @davidlefort4553 6 років тому +34

    I just love the poeple that are making sense of this recycling businesses awsom thumbs up for them just love watching those videos

  • @MrDorbel
    @MrDorbel 5 років тому +61

    The thing about recycling glass to make new glass saves a little energy, but nothing like as much as re-using the bottle that you have already made. Re-use is so much better than recycle.

    • @packagingscientist9530
      @packagingscientist9530 4 роки тому +7

      Paul is correct. Re-use... even once before recycling contributes to the energy/carbon footprint savings in a tremendous way.

    • @pskfoodspskfoods5973
      @pskfoodspskfoods5973 4 роки тому

      @@packagingscientist9530Hi, your from?

    • @aintplayinggames7086
      @aintplayinggames7086 3 роки тому

      Yes. Reduce and reuse your plastic and glass bottles as well as plastic grocery bags. Grocery bags make great packaging material to protect the product inside the box. I can easily put hundreds of bags in a small box to protect fragile goods.

    • @arransalmon5878
      @arransalmon5878 3 роки тому +2

      Yes but in a lot of cases glass needs to be recycled.

    • @MrDorbel
      @MrDorbel 3 роки тому +1

      @@arransalmon5878 Of course, better recycled than not.

  • @seanpeters3690
    @seanpeters3690 7 років тому +17

    Great video, thanks for sharing. It always makes me happy to see materials get recycled, especially things like glass that are not biodegradable. God Bless you all.

  • @Optimistprime.
    @Optimistprime. 9 років тому +95

    So, so, so much better than plastic.

    • @faribasoleimani3852
      @faribasoleimani3852 7 років тому +6

      I agree

    • @jhkk1269
      @jhkk1269 4 роки тому +4

      Unfortunately its all about shipping cost. plastic is lighter so it will never be used for every day needs like milk and water again.

    • @bayleaf7588
      @bayleaf7588 3 роки тому

      @@jhkk1269 this is true. Glass production actually creates a lot of waste unfortunately

  • @seanpeters3690
    @seanpeters3690 5 років тому +11

    I wish that the United States was as advanced in glass recycling as the UK. While paper and cardboard recycling saves trees, glass never decomposes and can be recycled infinite times.

    • @seanpeters3690
      @seanpeters3690 5 років тому

      @Frank Swoboda I agree that it's difficult, but it never decomposes. I've been looking into it, and what Oregon does is crush glass into fine sand and use it to build roads and for drainage material in land fills (the exact same thing they would use sand for). I think that's probably the best option, because it is still recycled, and it does not cost a lot of money (they would have to collect glass for trash too).

    • @seanpeters3690
      @seanpeters3690 5 років тому +1

      @Frank Swoboda how so?

    • @seanpeters3690
      @seanpeters3690 5 років тому +3

      @Frank Swoboda We might have unlimited sand, but we certainly don't have unlimited landfill space, and in my hometown they destroyed a wetland to expand our landfill. Also, there are ways to deal with the problem such as having local glass crushers and using the crushed glass on whatever sand would be needed for locally (e.g. building roads), instead of trucking it hundreds of miles. Nothing should go into the landfill unless it is absolutely necessary.

  • @davemackie6565
    @davemackie6565 2 роки тому

    Great video. Very interesting.

  • @faribasoleimani3852
    @faribasoleimani3852 7 років тому

    I was told to reserch about this ,and who new a two minute video has so much info!(:

  • @treslongwell1332
    @treslongwell1332 6 років тому +1

    why add sand and carbonate? Isn't it already glass? Do the labels disappear cleanly in the furnace?

  • @RODALCO2007
    @RODALCO2007 10 років тому +1

    Great video.

  • @crazymonkeys7802
    @crazymonkeys7802 5 років тому +1

    My local recycling centre always gets so much glass bottles and jars from the recycling wheelie bins that they'll take some if there's storage, the rest all dumped.
    If places or recycling centres are getting too much glass coming in then there should be a separate place for trucks to dump all of the cities glass bottles and jars where there's plenty of storage for it, and to break and sort through it.

  • @22yswagger28
    @22yswagger28 4 роки тому +21

    i’m here from school LMAOAOOEOD

  • @mrsuccess319
    @mrsuccess319 6 років тому +1

    I love the recycling process

  • @Big_Productions
    @Big_Productions 4 роки тому +1

    Was not expecting the loud jump scare at the start

  • @yellowfolder
    @yellowfolder 10 років тому +1

    do they have to separate the colours manually? I can't imagine how a machine could do that

    • @MrNewSeazon
      @MrNewSeazon 10 років тому +2

      usually there is separate bins for different colour glass....but if a few rouge brown bottles made there way into the clear glass bin im not sure how they could separate them.

    • @stupidsmartmonkey
      @stupidsmartmonkey 10 років тому

      It is still sorted by hand. Mainly before it's turned to cullet

    • @Palifiox
      @Palifiox 10 років тому +3

      That should not actually be too difficult at least on a small scale. Blood cells are separated by colour in a device called a Coulter counter, a similar machine is used for detecting bad peanuts and other similar foods.
      Particles pass a detector in a line, the detector "sees" a colour and the particle with the "wrong" colour is pushed aside by a puff of air or some other mechanical system.
      www.buhlergroup.com/global/en/products/sortex-a-range-optical-sorters.htm#.VAkLlfm1YqM

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 8 років тому

      +yellowfolder With a camera? Not that difficult sounding to me. It is indeed silly how they do not address any of the actual interesting details about the industrial process, though, in a video about glass recycling.

    • @sunnymccoy9327
      @sunnymccoy9327 3 роки тому +1

      Yes a optical sorter separates the different colours...

  • @jkaraca6091
    @jkaraca6091 5 років тому

    Amazing video thanks

  • @mrthunt5770
    @mrthunt5770 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks lady

  • @Trrippy_Shades
    @Trrippy_Shades 5 років тому +2

    Good job making it in the UK
    GLOSS

  • @fireballxl5768
    @fireballxl5768 3 роки тому

    Mik used to be in glass bottles and used over and over (some still is I know),but in the super market
    it's plastic.As children we used to take glass bottles back and get the deposit back,it's good it's
    recycled but why not reuse it ?

  • @oludotunjohnshowemimo434
    @oludotunjohnshowemimo434 5 років тому +3

    So basically sand, soda ash, limestone and broken recycled glass melted down till they are the consistency of honey

  • @joseescobedo7899
    @joseescobedo7899 4 роки тому

    Wait what about glass plates and cups can those be recycled

  • @thejameskan
    @thejameskan 12 років тому +2

    This is a great video

  • @jaevonrobin2342
    @jaevonrobin2342 3 роки тому

    I would like to start a small glass bottle manufacturing company, how can i start?

  • @TubersAndPotatoes
    @TubersAndPotatoes 5 років тому +1

    How strong is glass as a construction material?
    For example, if it's made into round marble form, or into solid cubes.

    • @tungstenwall474
      @tungstenwall474 5 років тому

      Glass if strong, but very brittle. on paper it could be reinforces with rebar, but could not be poured on site like concrete.
      Glass also has very poor insulation properties.

    • @fredd298
      @fredd298 4 роки тому

      Has a high compressive strength but low tensile strength

  • @rtel123
    @rtel123 7 років тому +15

    Good idea to recycle glass, but it is so energy intensive to make and energy intensive to recycle, as well as energy intensive to transport because of its weight, It should not be used at all if there are better alternatives.

    • @rickdevault2535
      @rickdevault2535 7 років тому +4

      That's why everything went to plastic. Easier to recycle and less energy to make into new products.

    • @sgvpotter
      @sgvpotter 6 років тому +2

      When compared to alternatives like aluminum, it's cheaper when comparing the lack of mining necessary. Plastics can be recycled (some not all) but only a limited amount of times before they will break down. Glass is non-reactive, will never breakdown (into other harmful materials) can be recycle indefinitely, has a never ending supply, and if reverted back to an exchange system is sustainable since it will not need to be reprocessed.

    • @jkaraca6091
      @jkaraca6091 5 років тому

      Yeha mate

    • @godfreypoon5148
      @godfreypoon5148 5 років тому

      You can turn used glass back into virgin sand by using a 100% renewable zero carbon process with very little infrastructure investment - just throw your glass bottles into the sea and let the waves turn them back into sand.

    • @dwetick1
      @dwetick1 5 років тому

      You're an asshole!

  • @greencasamaryland
    @greencasamaryland 9 років тому +10

    Glass is a sustainable construction material.

    • @bullshitstomper9417
      @bullshitstomper9417 6 років тому +1

      And now it does

    • @b_f_d_d
      @b_f_d_d 6 років тому +3

      Some comments don't have a reply even after 7 years

    • @magiic3871
      @magiic3871 5 років тому

      D R Your does now

  • @jstanzy
    @jstanzy 12 років тому +1

    Agreed, I've always thought this. Mines of the future.

  • @crazymonkeysreactionvideos4231
    @crazymonkeysreactionvideos4231 7 років тому

    1:05.
    Man that's a lot of glass bottles.
    It just one ginormous and long as pile of glass bottles

  • @jamesjames-nl9vy
    @jamesjames-nl9vy 3 роки тому

    Name of the machine please

  • @yabbadabbadoo8225
    @yabbadabbadoo8225 5 років тому +1

    what a smashing story.

  • @mek86
    @mek86 3 роки тому

    how much does it cost to process the used glass?

    • @evie16106
      @evie16106 2 роки тому

      40 quid on a monday

  • @b_f_d_d
    @b_f_d_d 6 років тому +7

    *0:50** So the glass is crushed*

    • @sunnymccoy9327
      @sunnymccoy9327 3 роки тому

      Not necessarily... But glass does break... Optical sorters recognise the different colours down to about 1cm size.... White, brown and Amber is the three colours...

  • @alphasiera1757
    @alphasiera1757 5 років тому

    How many times can you recycle glass? How bout the colored ones?

    • @RecycleDevon1
      @RecycleDevon1  4 роки тому

      Unlike plastic or paper, glass is infinitely recyclable without losing it's purity. Once coloured it is hard to make clear again, which is why most recycled glass is brown in colour. i.e brown bottles!

  • @shoppittsburghnow
    @shoppittsburghnow 12 років тому

    brilliant video

  • @feet1215
    @feet1215 5 років тому +2

    i love recycling

  • @FernandaUrena1993
    @FernandaUrena1993 4 роки тому

    does anyone know if this recycling system needs water?

  • @jkaraca6091
    @jkaraca6091 5 років тому

    Amazing guys

  • @gaytriingale4749
    @gaytriingale4749 3 роки тому

    Can broken angles been recycled?

    • @evie16106
      @evie16106 2 роки тому

      That depends on the size of the structure. Personally I find that larger angles get stuck in the hole

    • @gaytriingale4749
      @gaytriingale4749 2 роки тому

      @@evie16106 actually I meant bangles

  • @jkaraca6091
    @jkaraca6091 5 років тому

    Defo subscribing and liking

  • @malibustacy3606
    @malibustacy3606 Рік тому

    "The honey that bear of yours is selling in these second hand jars is unhealthy, it's full of leaves, twigs, and tree bark, I would suggest you stop this penny pinching racket OR ELSE...good day sir!" Health inspector scolding Ranger Smith at Jellystone Park after Yogi and Boo Boo bear were caught selling honey from a bee's nest they found in a tree.

  • @jkaraca6091
    @jkaraca6091 5 років тому

    The best!!!!

  • @theecoheroes413
    @theecoheroes413 6 років тому +1

    We Care! We are Eco Heroes 🌍❤️

  • @scottrussell8139
    @scottrussell8139 5 років тому

    cool vid,,,,,yep,,, much better then plastic

  • @SalimKh4n
    @SalimKh4n 6 років тому

    Our local Amenity Tip does not recycle Glass?

    • @evie16106
      @evie16106 2 роки тому

      Sorry to hear that:(

  • @lamle5183
    @lamle5183 5 років тому

    Hi, can someone enlighten me?
    I've read that broken glass is not recyclable. Some sites claim the strength of broken glass is reduced.
    But in the process, the normal ones are still crushed into cullets. Providing if we can get broken glass into recycling plants safely (without harming waste handlers), is broken glass still recyclable? Or because it was broken not accordingly to the recycling process, it would never be recyclable again?
    Thanks.

    • @RecycleDevon1
      @RecycleDevon1  4 роки тому

      Hello Lam, Devon accepts broken glass bottles as the glass is completely crushed to be melted and reused. There is no way to recycle glass that doesn't involved crushing and melting it, so we don't know why the strength of the broken glass would be an issue! We don't accept broken drinking glasses or vases etc though as they are made from a different sort of glass which may be what you are talking about?

  • @jaylouis8167
    @jaylouis8167 3 роки тому

    Recommended to me this day 11/12/2020 at 10:48 am pst .. see you in another 10 years.

  • @bvojo
    @bvojo 13 років тому

    thank you very much interesting

  • @neytiritetskahamoatite7688
    @neytiritetskahamoatite7688 2 роки тому +1

    I was called a glass recycling company in Constanta (not just one, but this is the cake of them), on papers,, of course he has a site online. Sites online we have a ton, with recycling principles and stuff. Yeah moralistic stories everywhere !!! I called the most official Constanta recycling system possible. "Sorry we don't take anymore glass because THE GLASS COLLECTOR PARTENER COMPANY WE WORKED WITH HAS FINISHED THEIR ACTIVITY AND CLOSED !!!"😈🤬😡😠
    P.S. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WAY TO RECYCLE WINDOW GLASS IN CONSTANTA, A CITY WITH 500.000 INHABITANS !!!
    THE CONSTANTA IS AN EUROPEAN UNION CITY !!!🤪😜😟

    • @Mohemd-zr4ly
      @Mohemd-zr4ly 9 місяців тому

      I have an amount of glass nuts, about two thousand tons

  • @urvi.x
    @urvi.x 3 роки тому +1

    wow, this video is 10 years old

    • @evie16106
      @evie16106 2 роки тому +1

      I know it takes me back to a simpler time when recycling videos were cool. What about you?

    • @urvi.x
      @urvi.x 2 роки тому

      @@evie16106 lol i dont even remember commenting on this video probably watching this for geography LOL

  • @Don_Julio805
    @Don_Julio805 4 роки тому

    We need to replace some plastic products for glass products.

  • @craziestboyever
    @craziestboyever 3 роки тому +2

    My school sent me this link in science

  • @Eray2007
    @Eray2007 3 роки тому

    im from devon its nice

  • @sahilsharma-gm1ed
    @sahilsharma-gm1ed 5 років тому

    Mam i need glass to import to india.

  • @leunrphantom9524
    @leunrphantom9524 4 роки тому

    I'm glad that people Back then didn't recycle but just throw it in a hole and bury it for me to find it 80 years later.

  • @kavehafshinnia1059
    @kavehafshinnia1059 10 років тому +1

    It is not possible to use the glass cullets in concrete as an aggregate.

  • @arturocastano293
    @arturocastano293 2 роки тому

    en ColomBia se tiene la idea de comprar vidrio solo como de 2 clases blanco y Negro los dueños de chatarrerias No los compran pero si las principales fundadoras compran y procesan todo lo que es vidrio No importa su color al fin y al cabo esto se vuelve a procesar para volver aser cosas en vidrio como copas basos y vidrios para ventanas y para automóviles los chatarreros podrían comprar vidrio de toda clase y se pague a buen precio al reciclador y al chatarrero es como antigua mente en las chatarrerias se compraba alos recicladores el hueso de baca y de otros animales pues se procesa y se convierte en polvo y sirve para calcio

  • @zakariamouh6506
    @zakariamouh6506 6 років тому

    سلام انا من الجزائر نحن في بلدنا نمتلك الكثير من الفضلات الزجاجية هل يمكن التواصل معكم من اجل اعادة تدويره في الجزائر

  • @Adryyy
    @Adryyy 11 років тому

    the link?

  • @krishpatel7075
    @krishpatel7075 9 років тому

    nice...:)

  • @DodgeCity111
    @DodgeCity111 7 років тому +5

    Seven years bad luck right there.

    • @mr.whiskers3283
      @mr.whiskers3283 7 років тому +2

      Seven years per bottle?!

    • @djdeaf13
      @djdeaf13 7 років тому +9

      You are thinking about mirrors...

  • @smallengines1018
    @smallengines1018 3 роки тому

    It's glass not gloss

  • @ح.ح-م1ص
    @ح.ح-م1ص Рік тому

    السلام عليكم
    انا من مصر
    واعمل في جمع مواد الخرده
    واتمنا ان اصدر خارجآ

  • @brandonwagner4719
    @brandonwagner4719 4 роки тому

    COOL

  • @veritasmatt
    @veritasmatt 11 років тому

    First world countries tend to throw out a lot of glass without it being recycled because they really don't care. and there is no one to go through it piece by piece. In third world countries the glass can often be sold, so everyone recycles it and if they dont the garbage men sort through it all to pull out all plastics and glass to help supplement their terrible salaries. Just saying

  • @cecoivanov7474
    @cecoivanov7474 8 років тому

    nice

  • @ViridianCityCards
    @ViridianCityCards 4 роки тому

    Some bs coca cola rep came to our town to tell us not to recycle glass, and just do more plastic. Like dude he is totally told to say this by coke to make him look good and for them to make cheaper bottles/save in shipping costs. I'm pissed lol

    • @eberlazting
      @eberlazting 2 роки тому

      dont you ever talk about coke like that fucker

  • @bibafortuna
    @bibafortuna 11 років тому +1

    UP THE IRONS

  • @bangthoyib2778
    @bangthoyib2778 Рік тому

    Sampah tak berhuna jd bernilai

  • @vindizzle00
    @vindizzle00 12 років тому

    to play devils' advocate, you do know we recycle all types of glass here in USA right? we have over a thousand of recycling plants in the united states.. I have issues with d guy too but everyone knows all first world countries recycle easy things like glass lol...

  • @matthewfinger2381
    @matthewfinger2381 3 роки тому

    I wish they would stop using plastic and go back to glass

  • @pubgza3em461
    @pubgza3em461 2 роки тому +1

    Rani skranahh

  • @byronliu680
    @byronliu680 6 років тому

    Kerbside

  • @dwetick1
    @dwetick1 5 років тому +2

    Here, Waste Mgmnt. stopped taking glass for recycling...No reason was given

    • @kenshikenji
      @kenshikenji 5 років тому

      because its not worth it. especially since china stopped taking that shit

  • @gianttry3786
    @gianttry3786 6 років тому

    hey guys what is up

  • @jkaraca6091
    @jkaraca6091 5 років тому

    Taaha is round

  • @BRUTUALTRUTH
    @BRUTUALTRUTH 5 років тому

    I hope that glass is sterilized before being remade. I don't wanna bottle that came from so,somebody's mouth. Ugghhh :/

  • @grahamb7947
    @grahamb7947 4 роки тому

    And in America, they say broken glass isn't recyclable under any circumstances LOL. Bullshit excuse not to do the work.

  • @metalmarkholland5685
    @metalmarkholland5685 7 років тому

    I just read New Zealand with 38% has the highest vibrator ownership in the world. Since all is recycled already (good), I think about moving to NZ and start a vibrator recycling center...

  • @Random-kid968
    @Random-kid968 7 місяців тому

    Im here from school hiding my screen pls help i hate school

  • @selador11
    @selador11 5 років тому

    Why is it the smaashing story of recycled gloss? Why isn't it the smoshing story of recycled gloss? Or the smashing story of recycled glass?

  • @duduklutava9337
    @duduklutava9337 6 років тому

    Turkiyede okadar cok.cam varki tek akinan alkol sisesi geriye gerisi cop disardan aliyoz dur kesin

  • @hillbillyhooymans
    @hillbillyhooymans 11 років тому

    Watch my video about glass recyling. That's how we do it arou d here

  • @isabellaknight7073
    @isabellaknight7073 9 років тому +1

    :)

  • @jackdove8686
    @jackdove8686 3 роки тому

    hello luke

  • @5bananas1
    @5bananas1 10 років тому +1

    cracking

  • @taahasirat2149
    @taahasirat2149 5 років тому

    J has bigger ears than a elephant

  • @jackdove8686
    @jackdove8686 3 роки тому

    perhaps

  • @hamzashafaqat
    @hamzashafaqat 12 років тому

    brillll

  • @davidramdular
    @davidramdular 11 років тому +1

    Swimming anyone

  • @jackdove8686
    @jackdove8686 3 роки тому

    could be

  • @jkaraca6091
    @jkaraca6091 5 років тому

    RONWIN

  • @hamzashafaqat
    @hamzashafaqat 12 років тому

    @hamzashafaqat

  • @jackdove8686
    @jackdove8686 3 роки тому

    no

  • @micheletdenis6612
    @micheletdenis6612 10 років тому +1

    Ok

  • @murshidanajnin3694
    @murshidanajnin3694 2 роки тому

    Hhhhhhhhhhhh

  • @leolucas3674
    @leolucas3674 5 років тому

    '’

  • @arendvanfelius2444
    @arendvanfelius2444 5 років тому

    👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿

  • @alieffoysal
    @alieffoysal 8 років тому

    nice