permaculture

["Kate Halstead" <rockyprairie@earthlink.net>]

Comment on potential uses for crushed glass.

A nearby stained glass factory has incredible amounts of glass they have to
dispose of--wrong color, beginning/end of run, color change, etc. They run
it through a crusher to the size you describe and folks fill dump trucks
with the stuff and use it in place of gravel in driveways, etc. We used it
in a car lot and never had a single punctured tire from it in over five
years. Looks pretty cool as well.

Kate
Washington state

-----Original Message-----
From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence F.
London, Jr.
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:51 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: [permaculture] Need Green Glass for Art Projects?


Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 4:02 PM
Subject: Need Green Glass for Art Projects?

Artists:

The Orange County recycling division is now crushing its green glass bottles
instead of sending them off to Raleigh for recycling. Right now it's a
relatively small size particle with some blue in it, quite attractive and
might have some applciation in art tiles or mosaic or other similair
applications. There is a pile of about 100 tons at the landfill. It's about
half pea sized gravel and about half 'sand'

If someone wanted to view the pile and see if they can use the material at
either its current particle size or a larger size, they can contact the
landfill manager, Paul Spire: pspire@co.orange.nc.us or via
phone: 919-624-0221.

The material will be for sale at less than $25 per ton, price is not firm
yet. we will load larger quantities for anyone who wants it.

Blair Pollock
Solid Waste Planner
(919) 968-2788
fax: (919) 932-2900
PO Box 17177
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-7177






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