O-I Glass has completed the development and testing of a mobile recycling machine.
MOGRA (MOblie Glass Recycling Asset) is a the mobile processing system which creates opportunities to recycle glass into furnace-ready glass where there was previously no infrastructure.
The world’s largest container glass manufacturer said the glass processing machine is easily transported to clean and crush recycled glass to be used as recycled content.
MOGRA systems are engineered to fit on a truck trailer, enabling it to be moved and co-located at O-I facilities or other locations anywhere across the USA.
The system can be unpacked, plugged in and operational within a day, processing glass packaging for recycling from brewers, distillers, bottlers or communities into localised raw material for making glass with recycled content.
MOGRA has been engineered to crush glass to a specified size, while removing any metallic content, such as caps, closures, and capsules, to improve the overall quality of the glass for recycling.
The system can process up to 6,000 MT of glass packaging per year.
O-I plans to increase the recycled content of its packaging to a global average of 50%.
Glass is made with four basic ingredients, limestone, soda ash, silica sand and cullet (recycled glass).
Increasing the volume of cullet use in glass production conserves natural resources and reduces the energy needed to produce glass packaging.
Cullet melts at a lower temperature, and every ten percent of recycled glass used reduces overall emissions by 5%.
Each ton of cullet used to make glass packaging, conserves 1.6 tons of natural resources for future generations.
