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Development Of Protocols For Determining Deleterious Material Content In Crushed Recycled Glass, Fiona Nutbeam
Development Of Protocols For Determining Deleterious Material Content In Crushed Recycled Glass, Fiona Nutbeam
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Glass recycling appears to be a viable way to reduce waste; however, there are many challenges to ensuring the recycled product has an economically and environmentally sustainable end use. Cleaning recycled glass to a standard that allows it to be melted down into new glass is extremely difficult when single-stream recycling is in practice. The recycled glass that is not melted down is processed into different materials, such as processed glass aggregate (PGA). As states implement bans on landfilling recyclable materials (e.g., Act 148 in Vermont), additional uses for PGA are needed. In New England, there are diminishing sources of …