RECYCLE -INTERMEDIATE HANDOUT

Glass Process Flow Chart

1 Glass is 2 Glass goes 3 Glass is crushed 4 Clean 5 Cullet is piled and later
collected through into cullet. Cullet cullet is sent to be used in the
and magnets to goes also through produced. glass production process.
separated remove metal a beneficiation Some cullet is mixed with
into contaminants. process using air other elements to become
colours. and magnets to fibreglass, reflective paint,
remove metal asphalt and sewer pipe.
paper and other
contaminants.

BENEFICIATION PROCESS

6 In furnace, cullet is mixed with a 7 The melted new glass is cut off 8 The Lehr is a special oven
percentage of virgin material by weight and distributed into which cools the glass slowly
consisting of sand, limestone, molds of bottles or jars. to strengthen it.
and soda ash.

GLASS PRODUCTION PROCESS

D54 Bluewater Recycling Association - Sept/93