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.
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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

Glass Bottle Crushers

We currently manufacture 2 sizes of glass bottle crushers. 

Our larger unit weighing approximately 220kg is capable of crushing  750kg of glass bottles per hour. This unit fits on the back of a pick-up or trailer.This unit is ideal for small villages,holiday resorts, businesses that collect glass for recycling, businesses that use glass for sandblasting, glass for decorative floors (Terrazzo), kitchen and bathroom countertops.

The smaller unit weighs about 45 kg and can crush 100kg per hour.This unit is ideal for hotels, lodges, pubs, restaurants and yachts that need to dispose of their empty bottles in the most environmentally favourable manner.