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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Andela Quick Links

Quick Links we send customers at first contact: Click Blue to see PDFs and Links 1) First, the end product: Andela Glass Sand and Aggregate/Cullet SAND, No 4 mesh, 3/16, 5mm or less, C33 sand sieve profile AGGREGATE/CULLET, No 2 to No 4 mesh, 7/16 to 3/16, 5mm to 11 mm All Output Has Rounded…

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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…