The University of the Virgin Islands has just received five machines that will aid in recycling glass waste to produce … sand. It may seem like there is already plenty of sand in the territory.

WEBVTT ORTI REPORTS. >> NESTLED IN THE ROLLING HILLS OF PALMYRA, NEBRASKA, IS GLACIAL TILL VINEYARD, WHERE WINE MAKING, IS IN FULL SWING. BUT ONCE THIS IS BOTTLED UP, AND CONSUMED, WHAT’S LEFT, ENDS ...

Katie Aldworth grabs an empty wine bottle, puts it into a glass crusher, and then walks through her Maryland pottery studio with the end product: glass sand. After measuring out 275 grams, she pours ...

NEW CASTLE, Del. (CBS) – Staff at the Goodwill of Delaware unveiled a new glass pulverizer machine designed to help address sustainable fixes to excess glass waste and a growing global sand shortage.

PICKENS COUNTY., S.C. (WSPA) – When glass can’t be sold for recycling, it can end up in landfills at the expense of taxpayers. According to the Pickens County Solid Waste Director, 25 tons of glass ...

When Tulane University alumni Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz opened Louisiana's only glass recycling facility, they dreamed of using the crushed sand to help restore the state's eroding coastline.