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    Glass Recycling Process Chart

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    The document summarizes the glass recycling process which involves several steps: 1) Sorting glass by color, 2) Crushing glass into tiny pieces called cullet, 3) Removing contaminants like metal, paper, and ceramics from the cullet, 4) Melting the cullet to make recycled glass, 5) Decolorizing and dyeing the glass to achieve the desired color using chemicals like manganese oxide and erbium oxide, 6) Molding the recycled glass into new products to sell.

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    Glass Recycling Process Chart

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    The document summarizes the glass recycling process which involves several steps: 1) Sorting glass by color, 2) Crushing glass into tiny pieces called cullet, 3) Removing contaminants like metal, paper, and ceramics from the cullet, 4) Melting the cullet to make recycled glass, 5) Decolorizing and dyeing the glass to achieve the desired color using chemicals like manganese oxide and erbium oxide, 6) Molding the recycled glass into new products to sell.

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    The document summarizes the glass recycling process which involves several steps: 1) Sorting glass by color, 2) Crushing glass into tiny pieces called cullet, 3) Removing contaminants like metal, paper, and ceramics from the cullet, 4) Melting the cullet to make recycled glass, 5) Decolorizing and dyeing the glass to achieve the desired color using chemicals like manganese oxide and erbium oxide, 6) Molding the recycled glass into new products to sell.

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    Glass Recycling Process Chart

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    Sam Lim
    The document summarizes the glass recycling process which involves several steps: 1) Sorting glass by color, 2) Crushing glass into tiny pieces called cullet, 3) Removing contaminants like metal, paper, and ceramics from the cullet, 4) Melting the cullet to make recycled glass, 5) Decolorizing and dyeing the glass to achieve the desired color using chemicals like manganese oxide and erbium oxide, 6) Molding the recycled glass into new products to sell.

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    molded into the various products and sold in the markets

    Undergo decolorizing process


    Dyeing
    Diferent chemical will be based on the color of the glass
    Erbium oxide and manganese oxide are used to produce clear
    recycled galss

    Melting

    Remove unwanted materials


    Paper, metal, ceramic will be removed
    manual or automatic process

    Crushing and Grinding


    The glass is crushed into tiny pieces called gullet

    Making
    Recycled
    Glass
    Products

    Decolorizing
    and Dyeing

    Making
    Recycled
    Glass

    Remove
    Contaminant
    s

    Produce
    Glass Gullet

    Sorting
    Colors Separation
    Manual or Automatic Sorting

    Glass Recycling Process Chart

    The Detail Of Each Process Stage For Glass Recycling

    Sorting
    In this process, the unwanted glass will be sorted accordingly by their colors. This is because
    different chemicals need to be added to different colored waste glass to produce recycled
    glass of the desired color. The unwanted glass sent by the collector or distributor often mixed
    with ceramics, stones and porcelain (CSP) need to be remove from the glass before moving
    into the next stage. Color sorting machine or manual sorting technique will be carried out in
    this stage.

    Processing: Producing glass cullet


    After the glass has been sorted according to their color, it will be conveyed to crushing and
    grinding machine to make it into tiny pieces. This finely crushed glass pieces are referred to
    as cullet.

    Processing: Removing contaminants


    The contaminants from the glass cullet will be removed in the next stage in the glass recycle
    process.
    The glass cullet is passed through a magnetic field, where metal contaminants like metal
    bottle caps are removed from the glass. Other contaminants like paper and plastic are picked
    up manually or through an automated process.
    Ceramic contaminants are removed from the glass cullet via a process known as fine sizing.
    The finely ground glass cullet is passed through various screens, leaving behind ceramic
    residues.
    If, however, ceramic contaminants do pass through the various screens together with the glass
    cullet, the quality of the recycled glass will be affected. Ceramic contaminants in glass can
    lead to structural defects.

    Processing: Making recycled glass


    The next stage of glass recycle process involves the melting of the cullet. This glass cullet can
    then be used in manufacturing recycled glass products like new glass containers, bottles etc.

    Processing: Decolorizing and dyeing


    The recycled glass has to undergo decolorizing process which followed by dyeing in order to
    produce recycled glass of the desired glass.
    The first step in the decolorizing process includes oxidizing the melted glass cullet.

    For green glass, the oxidation process turns the deep dark green color to yellow-green color.
    A chemical known as manganese oxide is then mixed with the glass cullet to it grey. The grey
    base is usually used as the primary color to which various other coloring dyes or agents are
    added to develop glass of various colors.
    For brown or amber-colored glass, zinc oxide is added instead to oxidize the brown glass
    cullet to blue or green cullet, depending on the quantity of zinc oxide added and the richness
    of the brown or amber-colored glass being recycled.
    If the clear recycled glass is required, erbium oxide and manganese oxide are added to the
    glass cullet to help clear all the colors from the glass cullet.
    Some of the most commonly used coloring agents for dyeing of recycled glass include borax,
    potassium permanganate, zinc oxide, erbium oxide, cobalt carbonate, neodymium oxide, and
    titanium dioxide.

    Processing: Making recycled glass products


    In the last stage of the glass recycling process, the recycled glass, colored or clear, is then
    molded into the various products and sold in the markets.

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