Regional NSW installs mobile glass crusher

A mobile glass crusher has been installed at the Wellington Resource Recovery and Transfer Station. The Komplet MT5000 mobile glass crusher will increase glass recycling rates by processing glass bottles and jars collected through kerbside recycling and drop-off facilities and re-use the recovered crushed glass (RCG) locally in civil construction applications.

The project is a joint initiative funded and supported by the Australian Food and Grocery Council’s Packaging Stewardship Forum (PSF), the Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) and five councils of the NetWaste Regional Waste Management Group, Wellington, Cabonne, Cowra, Mid-Western and Oberon councils.

Glass sand can be used for a wide range of civil construction purposes in place of natural sand, such as in asphalt and concrete pavements, kerb and guttering, pole footings, pipe bedding and in road base. It is safe to handle and has been proven to perform well as an aggregate additive in these applications. All five participating councils have also agreed to trial the use of RCG in their civil construction applications, creating a local market for the material.

The mobile glass crusher will be managed by Wellington Council for the participating councils and is one of a number of PSF and APC projects around the nation which will increase the recovery of glass for recycling and ensure sustainable and economically viable alternative uses for RCG.