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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>stevethefarm</author>
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			<![CDATA[I want to start making my own glass aggregates, rather than giving my glass away to the council (and paying to get it back!). Could I then use  the glass to wholly replace any sands, in any cement/lime/concrete mix? And how accurately would I have to grade it?]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>Nick Parsons</author>
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			<![CDATA[Steve,<br /><br />What would you use - a wood shredder? A former colleague used to live on an island nature reserve, and they used to shred virtually everything, I think, including bottles, to reduce the volume of waste to be shipped back of the island. I don't know what sort of particle size they got down to.<br /><br />Nick]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>stevethefarm</author>
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			<![CDATA[I was planning to do it by hand, i don't mind a challenge, by gentle tapping with a hammer (with glass in a bag) then a rolling pin or block to produce finer If there's a cheap labour saving way i would obviously choose that!<br /><br />Hand crushing them i've seen two 'grades' produced, very fine (like sugar or salt) which i assume i could use as fine sand? and slighty larger like the kind used in decorative screeds and worktops.]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>Cerisy</author>
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			<![CDATA[Perhaps put them in a cement mixer?]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>owlman</author>
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			<![CDATA[First the tools for the job, then it's hard graft.<br /><br /><a href="http://kafueroad.wordpress.com/images-from-zambia/picture-0422/" target="_self" rel="nofollow">http://kafueroad.wordpress.com/images-from-zambia/picture-0422/</a><br /><br /><img src="/newforum/extensions/Vanillacons/smilies/standard/bigsmile.gif" alt=":bigsmile:" title=":bigsmile:" /><img src="/newforum/extensions/Vanillacons/smilies/standard/wink.gif" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" />]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>SteamyTea</author>
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			<![CDATA[How much glass do you actually have?]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>fostertom</author>
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			<![CDATA[Catering liquidiser? Or a vegetation shredder? It's a gd idea]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>SteamyTea</author>
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			<![CDATA[Or an old metal garden roller.]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>stevethefarm</author>
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			<![CDATA[Nothing saved as yet, but for 7/8 months of the year I will have around 3 over full glass recycling boxes every week.]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>SteamyTea</author>
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			<![CDATA[Wino <img src="/newforum/extensions/Vanillacons/smilies/standard/bigsmile.gif" alt=":bigsmile:" title=":bigsmile:" />]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 23:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>fostertom</author>
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			<![CDATA[Wi no and wi understand]]>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>SteveZ</author>
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			<![CDATA[Many (many) years ago, I worked for the British Glass Industry Research Association. Occasionally we had to crush and mix batches of ingredients to try new formula glass. Any rock crushing used a small oscillating plate crusher driven by an electric motor. You drop the ingredients into the aperture at the top and it falls between a fixed head and a moving plate. The gap between these is adjustable and determines the size of the final product. I have tried a quick web search for one without success, but you may find something similar out there. You could give BGIRA in Sheffield a call, if they are still around.<br />A cheaper method would be to buy an iron pestle and deep iron mortar, add a couple of sieves and get bashing!]]>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>stevethefarm</author>
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			<![CDATA[Think looks like a handy tool, Expleco Oppressor GLS Sand Glass Bottle Crusher, would be even better if they took the labels off first. If only i owned by own bar.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOIliOKlpG4<br /><br />Probably costs more than a few bags of sand though, Mortar and pestle more than likely.]]>
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