Customers & Community
For Successful Glass Recycling, Start Local Glass recycling sits in a unique position where: The problem is visible. Communities need solutions. Usable end markets already exist. Small operations can grow into significant infrastructure. The organizations gaining momentum are not waiting for someone else to solve the problem. They are building systems around collection, processing, and…
Glass Processing as a Teaching Tool Across the country, nonprofit and workforce development programs are using glass processing not only to divert waste from landfills but also to create hands-on job training and practical work experience utilizing Andela Pulverizers. From Unsellable Glass to Usable Products At Goodwill locations across Delaware, Chesapeake, and Washington D.C., unsellable…
When looking for a solution to a glass processing problem, many communities and businesses begin by searching for a “glass crusher.” That makes sense. Breaking glass down is always the first step. But what the glass becomes afterward is what really matters. Start with the Output Before choosing equipment, it helps to understand the different…
After a long hiatus, glass is again being recycled in Powell, Wyoming! Excerpt from Powell Tribune article by CJ Baker, May 2025 After a long hiatus, glass is again being recycled in Powell. It was over a decade ago that the Powell Valley Recycling Center stopped accepting glass, but “people have still been grumbling about…
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…
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…
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, located near the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Central Landfill in Palmer, will begin accepting glass in September, officials there announced. All types and colors of glass will be accepted, and labels do not…
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…
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…
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…