Glass Crusher in Action

Crushed Glass Table Tops and Counters

Glass and Cement Counter Tops using glass from “The Cruncher”

We have been making some progress with the glass and cement mixes and have made some counter tops which are being used in a shop in Dullstroom. The comments have been great, the most interesting being “ you must have got these from an old hotel in Mozambique, this is what the Portuguese used to make in the 1940’s and 1950’s ”.

                                            

           Glass and Cement Counter at “Dullies Take Away” installed December 2012.

We have had a number of requests from people to make glass slabs in the last 3 months having seen the above counter top. A new coffee shop in town wants 15 outside benches and tables;  a house owner wants glass and cement copings on the wall surrounding his property. Another house owner wants a 4m x 60cm “glass slab” counter at their braai area. Another wants to tile a 40 square metre entrance hall  using brown crushed glass and white cement.

The cost to make a square metre of glass and cement table top is approximately R210 (excl overheads) per square metre (60mm thick). The small cruncher can produce enough glass to make approximately 10 square metres per day.

Equivalent counter and table tops can be purchased at the following average prices.

                                                                Uses                                                                      Price Range (per sq metre)

Melamine wooden tops                     Indoor use only                                           R250 to R350

Granite and Marble                              Indoor and out- door                               R 650 to R1800

Engineered stone (eg Caesarstone) Indoor and out-door                                              R1500 to R2300

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