MANAGE FOOD WASTE DIRECTORY
On site glass crushing machines for recycling:

Introduction
A range of relatively small machines are available for safely crushing glass bottles on-site. This reduces the volume of glass by around 80%, reducing risk and creating storage efficiencies on-site, and significantly reducing the costs associated with collection of empty, air filled glass bottles. Such machines can reduce the amount of time and area required to manage loose glass bottles in bins.

Glass crushing machines are different to general crushing machines and are specifically designed to manage risks associated with shattering glass. Crushing and baling machines for general recyclables are listed on a separate page on the Directory.

Listing of on-site glass crushing machines for recycling:
Spartel Glass Crusher [Australia]
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Functional description of the technology (what it does):
The compact, mobile Glass Crusher is a manually fed unit, safely processing up to 3000 bottles per hour through a cleverly designed mechanism. The cullet falls into a sturdy plastic crate, which holds the equivalent of 90 glass bottles.

The unit is manufactured from stainless steel and insulated to minimise noise. Safety aspects include automatic switch off when not being fed, and the operator cannot access the crushing mechanism.

Designed with high safety standards in mind, the operator feeds the glass items (bottles, jars, etc.) through the rubber protected shute. They are crushed by a rotary hammermill, screened and released into a plastic crate at the base of the unit. The unit complies with the International CE Certification standards.
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Performance benefits claimed of the technology:
Glass can be recycled many times over. The GLASS CRUSHER reduces volume by up to 80%. Unprocessed glass fills waste bins with air pockets which significantly and needlessly reduce waste bin capacity. Due to the large volume glass products occupy, transport costs are often high. This impediment to glass recycling can now be overcome by this on-site glass crushing technology which reduces the glass volume by 80%, thus reducing transport costs and saving valuable landfill space. Why transport bottled air, when 5 times as much glass cullet can be transported, for only a fraction of the transport cost. This technology saves on space and reduces the cost of transport for glass recycling.

The unit is compact and mobile, standing on 4 castors, and is simple and safe to operate, and is insulated for low noise emission.

Types of materials able to process: Empty glass bottles and jars.

Inputs/consumables required:
Electricity to run the unit (standard 220/240volt mains power).
Ancillary equipment:
Nil.
Distributor (manufacturer):
Spartel Pty Ltd
PO Box 1097, West Leederville,
Western Australia 6007 Australia
Australian distributor?
as above
Website:
www.spartel.com.au
Phone:
(08) 9200 6295 (within Australia)
+61 8 9200 6295 (from outside Australia)

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Please note we do not list technologies that are of a scale suited for household use such as home compost bins or worm farms, nor compost amendments/inoculants.

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