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Turn waste glass back into user-friendly sand and cullet/aggregate with our equipment and systems. Andela’s recycling systems and components are designed and manufactured to order. Made of industrial materials they are built to last. Our proprietary crusher and pulverizer systems are unique to the industry and superior in performance. Choosing the best system for your…
CIRCULAR SOIL With Biochar Debuts at The Philadelphia Flower Show!
Why Does this Matter? Soil is foundational to creating thriving gardens and landscapes, but its environmental footprint is often overlooked. The sourcing and extraction of soil components, such as topsoil, sand, and organic matter like peat moss, are associated with negative environmental, social, and human health impacts worldwide. It depletes non-renewable materials formed over hundreds…
What Is An Andela Clean Glass Plant?
An Andela Clean Glass Plant (CPG) includes an Andela Glass Pulverizer combined with an Andela Glass Clean-Up System. Clean Glass Plants include drying, screening, and re-grinding processes to turn MRF (Material Recovery Facility) glass into clean glass products (“Outputs”) for further refinement. MRF glass includes broken glass, flattened metals, plastics, and shredded paper. An…
Pulverized Recycled Glass Sand, A Key To Vibrant Soil?
Cities, A Soil Problem Cities, like Philadelphia, have lost much of the organic matter — minerals, sand, and clay — that create a vibrant natural soil. “Instead, underneath our feet is lots of “rubble, debris, and the history of the city,” said Daniel Flinchbaugh, assistant landscape planner at the University of Pennsylvania. Vibrant Soil Project…
Circul-R: Glass and Plastic Pavers
Glass and Plastic Packaging, The Truth… We all know that glass is the more sustainable packaging material because it is infinitely recyclable. It can be pulverized, crushed, or melted, and made into new products. With an Andela crusher or pulverizer, those new products would be clean glass sand and cullet with many uses! Unfortunately, plastic…
What Would Your Community or Business Do with Clean Glass Sand?
Andela Products Takes an Innovative Approach to Glass Recycling Cynthia Andela, the visionary founder of Andela Products, is transforming the recycling industry with her groundbreaking recycling systems. Her innovative approach to sustainability has earned global recognition for turning glass waste back into valuable sand. Andela’s pulverizer systems keep glass out of landfills, creating positive environmental…
There Are Endless Applications For Crushed And Pulverized Glass
Background The US has a glass recycling rate of around 27% compared to Europe’s 90% glass recycling rate. Despite having the tools and capabilities to recycle/reuse post-consumer glass, which is infinitely recyclable, most of it ends up in US landfills. There are a multitude of reasons for this, one is that fewer glass bottle manufacturers…
NEWS: Andela GP-O5L Pulverizer Coming to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
Waste Advantage Magazine: For the first time in nearly two decades, glass recycling is coming to Mat-Su. The Valley Community for Recycling Solutions center near the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Central Landfill in Palmer will begin accepting glass in June, officials there said. All types and colors of glass will be accepted, and labels do not need…
Cornell University & Andela Products Research Eco-Friendly Fertilizer
Agricultural Fertilizer: Eco-Friendly Alternative Teaming up with Cornell University materials science and engineering graduate student Ryan Greene, Andela Products is exploring glass sand as a potential fertilizer. Together, we crafted a process that turns waste glass into nutrient-rich silica pellets—creating a sustainable, sand-like fertilizer ready to enrich soils and reduce waste. “Through growth study research,…
Baltimore Goodwill Unveils Glass Recycling Plan With GP-05L, Nicknamed “Poe”
Looking for an innovative and eco-friendly solution to divert glass waste from landfill? Andela’s glass to sand pulverizers might transform how your business approaches sustainability. Baltimore-based Goodwill Chesapeake Sustainability Center recently unveiled their GP-05L glass pulverizer, affectionately named Poe, as a shining example of how companies can give unsellable glass a second life. What can…
Glass Half Full Founder Franziska Trautman’s TED TALK
Glass Half Full’s founder, Franziska Trautman, gave a TED Talk at TEDNext 2024 in October. At Andela Products, we’ve been working with Glass Half Full for several years. Recently they upgraded their glass pulverizer to our GP-2HD while expanding their footprint with a larger facility. We’re big fans of Franziska Trautman and Glass Half Full.…
Pulverized Glass Sand For Community Concrete Projects
Using pulverized glass sand in concrete is a way to make waste glass purposeful by diverting it from a community’s landfill and using it to create sustainable infrastructure. Mobile Alabama’s The Osprey Initiative, an environmental organization, teamed up with the City of Fairhope in September to manage their recycled glass in concrete projects for the…
Pulverized Glass In the News: Glass Half Full Is Expanding!
Our customer Glass Half Full, based in the Gulf Coast, got started in glass processing after originally raising money to buy an Andela Glass Pulverizing System. Along with that they created a glass collection program in New Orleans to build a mountain of glass waste. Networking and partnering with local universities helped them find the…
Salsa, Glass Sand, And Coastal Erosion In The News
Inspired by Glass Half Full’s research partnership with Tulane University on the use of recycled glass sand for coastal and marshland restoration, researchers at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg campus are collaborating with Tulane University to see how glass sand might help Texas agriculture. Glass Half Full use an Andela Pulverizer at…
Our Glass Pulverizer Used For Coastal Restoration In New Orleans
Glass Half Full has built their very successful glass recycling business in New Orleans with one of our most popular glass pulverizer systems, the GP-05L. This machine recycles glass waste glass at a rate of 1-2 tons per hour, the end result is a clean glass sand appropriate for coastal restoration. Glass Half Full has…
Starting and growing a glass recycling business
You are starting a business, an innovative startup, a glass recycling business. Congratulations! Now it’s time to think about growth and expansion. But how do you grow your business? And for those considering start-up or change-up to a glass recycling business, what are the potential opportunities for growth? Where does the revenue come from? How…
Andela Glass Crushers vs. Andela Glass Pulverizers
Do I Need a Glass Crusher or Glass Pulverizer? Many of our prospective customers think they need a “crusher” when they need a “pulverizer.” Both Andela crushers and pulverizers break down glass using mechanical force via our flexible impactor system. Understanding the difference between crushers and pulverizers is essential. Input, output, and end-uses for your…
Goodwill Delaware Celebrates New Glass Pulverizer!
Celebrating a significant step in their sustainability journey, Goodwill Outlet & Recycling Center Delaware unveiled a new Andela Products GP-MegaMini waste glass-to-sand pulverizer machine! With a generous grant from the Truist Charitable Fund, Goodwill Outlet & Recycling Center Delaware and their sustainability partners at Goodwill of Greater Washington and Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake look…
Glassphalt Made with Pulverized Glass Sand
Glassphalt is an innovative asphalt that incorporates recycled glass sand. This sustainable solution addresses the challenge of disposing of mixed-color waste glass — typically unsuitable for recycling into new glass containers — generated by most recycling programs. By integrating glass sand into road and surface construction, glassphalt not only diverts glass from overflowing landfills but…
4 Reasons Why Andela Glass Sand Is Superior To Mined Or Dredged Sand
Higher filtration rate! Use our glass sand for applications where well-drained sand is most beneficial such as landscaping, rain gardens, pool-water filtration, etc. Long lasting! Glass sand doesn’t break down over time because water does not go through the particles but goes around the particles, making glass sand particles impermeable and able to hold…
How To Turn Glass Into Sand
Glass is an extremely versatile product, providing many utilities and conveniences in our daily lives. However, when a glass item is no longer needed then it often ends up in landfills, slowly decomposing over the course of millions of years! 11 million tons of glass (bottles, windows, industrial, etc.) is used and discarded every year,…
Glass Sand Revolution: Coasts & Marshlands Restored By Pulverized Glass
In the face of rising global concerns about coastal erosion and marshland destruction, Glass Half Full, a groundbreaking organization established in 2020, has emerged as a beacon of hope. Born out of a lack of glass recycling facilities in New Orleans, Glass Half Full has not only revolutionized glass recycling but has also pioneered the…
Discover Great Ideas for Glass Landscaping & Other Outdoor Uses
Here are 5 great landscaping glass ideas for your home: Rock Garden: If your property has a rock garden you can quickly add color and texture with glass mulch. Or use it to help suppress weeds and retain moisture in garden beds. Potted Plants: Bulk landscape glass comes in many shapes, sizes, and…
Green Magic: Andela Glass Sand as a Soil Amendment for Thriving Plants
GREEN MAGIC? As temperatures rose and the sun beamed down this past summer, a central NY University embarked on an informal soil/tomato study. The mission? To uncover the hidden potential of Andela Glass Sand as a soil amendment for tomato plants. This study pitted a control group, raised in 100% soil, against a test group…
How to Start a Glass Recycling Business
When it comes to business and the environment, glass recycling is a win-win. Not only can a glass recycling business be highly profitable, but it also offers numerous environmental benefits such as repurposing tons of glass that may otherwise end up in landfills. When deciding whether to start a glass recycling business one must consider…
Crushed Glass Landscaping
Crushed and pulverized recycled glass is an excellent product to use in landscaping and it is great for the planet! Andela pulverized recycled glass sand or aggregate is a clean and user-friendly mulch with no jagged or sharp edges. Made from recycled glass products, such as old windows and glass bottles, this mulch is an…
Circular Soil and Northwest Resiliency Park
Andela Products is pleased to have clean glass sand (created by our glass pulverizer system) utilized by the creators of the Northwest Resiliency Park in Hoboken, NJ. The park was designed by our associates at OLIN. “OLIN’s Circular Soil project aims to design and disseminate a sustainable process for turning urban waste into high-performing infrastructure…
3 Key Glass Recycling Questions
Which Andela Products Glass Crusher or Pulverizer Will Work Best for You? If you are calculating your needs for a glass crusher or pulverizer, here are a few key questions to ask yourself about your glass recycling process: 1. What do you want to put into your crusher or pulverizer? Glass? (Mixed glass or just…
Walt Disney World Receives Environmental Initiatives Award for Glass Pulverizing Program!
Congratulations to Walt Disney World for being awarded the Environmental Initiatives Award at the SEAL 2023 Business Sustainability Awards for their glass pulverizing program at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground! We are pleased that their Big Blue Glass Pulverizer System, and the user-friendly glass sand and gravel it produces, are getting recognition! As…
Waste Expo 2023 and Glass Half Full site visit in New Orleans
Andela Products is excited to announce that we’ll be attending Waste Expo 2023 in New Orleans, May 1-4, where we’ll be showcasing our glass recycling equipment and sharing our commitment to sustainability with industry professionals. We can’t wait to connect with like-minded individuals and discuss ways to positively impact the environment. Please stop by booth…