How Does Broken Arrow Recycle Glass?
PIONEERING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY WITH CLOSED LOOP GLASS RECYCLING IN NEW MEXICO
The Benefits of Recycling Glass with Broken Arrow Glass
With Broken Arrow Glass Recycling your glass is made into a new raw material and/or up-cycled into glass art to recycling it locally in New Mexico.
Broken Arrow Glass is proud to say that we utilize every part of a bottle. Making us a leading zero-waste, sustainable, and closed loop glass studio + glass recycling program + glass recycling processing facility in New Mexico.
WE UPCYLE GLASS :
Broken Arrow Glass Recycling up-cycle's as much glass as we can! We create handmade home goods to give a second life to what would otherwise be byproducts of single use mass consumed glass containers.
Currently, we are able to up-cycle about 200-600 bottles a month.
The definition of up-cycle means to "reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original." In order to up-cycle bottle glass we cut, grind, and fire polish pre-made bottles into new things without melting down the whole bottle.
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WE CRUSH GLASS :
We have started crushing glass bottles into a cullet and sand so that the crushed glass can be utilized in a variety of different applications. Crushed glass material can be used in eco construction, flood diversion, erosion control, landscaping, concrete, and as an art material! We are still learning of new and innovative ways that crushed glass can be utilized in different applications so that it can be kept out of the landfill.
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WE MAKE TERRAZZO :
What is terrazzo? Concrete, sand, binder, and crushed glass. Cast into molds and then the surface of the concrete is polished out to reveal the stunning crushed glass pieces underneath.
