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 to be removed before drop-off, borough officials said.

“The community really wants glass collection,” Borough Solid Waste Manager Jeff Smith said at a Mat-Su Assembly meeting early this month. “They talk about it all the time, so this is a pretty exciting thing for them.”  Recycled glass will be pulverized into fine sand using their GP-O5L newly purchased by the borough from New York-based Andela Products.

 

 

Glass sand will be available for purchase at the recycling center for use in road traction, in concrete, for landscaping, or combined with compost.

 

Mat-Su Sentinel:

Starting in June, Mat-Su residents will be able to recycle glass at the Valley Community for Recycling Solutions center near Palmer. All types and colors of glass will be accepted. Donated glass will be pulverized into fine sand using a newly purchased machine. The sand will be available for residents to buy and can be used for road traction, concrete, landscaping, and composting. Glass recycling in Mat-Su was halted in 2008 because of high transportation costs and a lack of local processing facilities.

 

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