Sustainable Living Expo

We exhibited the CRUNCHER at the "Sustainable Living Exhibition" at the Durban ICC, where the CRUNCHER was well received.  The need for a machine like the CRUNCHER was hugely evident, as glass is bulky, dangerous and the general perception, was that there was no use for it once it hit the bin and hence a massive concern in the dump sites where it makes up a large % of the dump fill.

We saw huge interests from the local communities (where glass is a big concern), local government organisation, schools, recycling companies, eco developments and lodges all fascinated by the products that can be manufactured from the crushed glass.

Cruncher Demos

I will be holding demos of our glass Cruncher at Ngwenya Glass Village, in Muldersdrift on 11 May from 9am to 3.30pm. Please call me on 084 800 3515 or come along for an hour or so during this time.Jez Prettejohn

Glass Cruncher at Hostex, Sandton

Our small glass Cruncher will be on demonstration at the Hostex Exhibition at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg from the 13th to 16th March 2011. We will also be exhibiting a wide range of products that can be manufactured using the crushed glass. Anybody interested in glass recycling, glass waste management or helping in cleaning up the glass on our landfill sites please come and see us. If you know of anybody else that may be interested please ask them to come along

GBCSA Conference

Stand at Green Building Council Conference

The interest in our small glass bottle crusher at the Green Building Council SA conference in Cape Town in September was phenomenal. The organizers were concerened that the machine would be noisy, create a mess and produce a lot of dust. Their fears were unfounded and everybody was amazed how quiet and clean the operation was. We crushed most of the wine bottles that we consumed during the coarse of the conference.

Cruncher on Show

If any of you are in the Cape Town area in the 3rd week of September please visit our stand at the GBCSA (Green Building Council of SA) conference at the CTICC. We will be exhibiting our small Cruncher and a number of different products that can be made from the recycled glass sand it produces.We will be at stand No 31 between Eskom and Arup, but you shouldn't miss us. If you know anybody that is interested in recycled glass please send them along or get them to contact me.The GBCSA conference is from 20 to 22 September 2010.
www.gbcsa.co.za

Bottle Crushing

We have managed to increase the output of the glass crusher from 600kg per hour to 850kg per hour by braking the bottles proir to feeding them into the hopper. We have found that it is not necessary to remove the labels and the plastic or "lead" rings around the tops of the wine bottles. These go through the crusher and can be seperated from the sand during the screening process if required.

Seived crushed bottles 0.3 to 1mm

Sometimes people bend their beer tops and put them into the empty bottles and these also go through the machine quite easily. We put some nails and screws inside a bottle and a Red Bull tin through the machine without any problem.

Bottle Tops, screws and nails

Crushing Demonstrations

I will be having demonstrations of the glass crusher in the White River, Nelspruit, Hazeyview area from 25 August 2010.

In early September the demonstrations will be in Cape Town and surrounds.

If you would like to host a demonstration please do not hesitate to contact me ( Jez) on 084 800 3515