THE PROCESS
Container Recycling Alliance (CRA) performs a
critical step between the collection of recyclable
glass and its reuse in the manufacture of new
glass containers.
At the CRA processing facilities, reclaimed glass
containers are converted into furnace-ready cullet
and shipped to glass manufacturing plants.
There, the cullet is combined with other raw
materials to make new glass containers.
PREPARING POST-CONSUMER GLASS FOR
REUSE
critical step between the collection of recyclable
glass and its reuse in the manufacture of new
glass containers.
At the CRA processing facilities, reclaimed glass
containers are converted into furnace-ready cullet
and shipped to glass manufacturing plants.
There, the cullet is combined with other raw
materials to make new glass containers.
PREPARING POST-CONSUMER GLASS FOR
REUSE
- Post-consumer, recycled glass is received
in roll-off trucks, dump trailers or gaylord
containers and unloaded into one of our
material storage bunkers.
- The glass is loaded into a feed hopper and
then moves up a conveyor and into our
processing equipment.
- The processing equipment will remove
contaminants such as bottle caps,
ceramics, paper and other non glass items.
The glass is then sized and sorted by color
utilizing state of the art optical sorting
equipment. The clean, color sorted cullet
can then be shipped directly to the
container manufacturers where it is used to
make new glass containers or it can be
further processed to reduce LOI and
moisture and ground to specific size
specifications required by our customers.
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