Recycling bottles into sand show first signs of promise for coastal restoration

A study hosted at Frost Science Museum found recycled glass sand grew sea oats as well as natural beach sand ...
The Advocate

Glass Half Full recycles glass into sand for Louisiana storm relief and coastal restoration

Franziska Trautman and Max Steitz were seniors at Tulane. They sat there, both thinking about exactly how that bottle would be recycled. Or not. So, in 2020, the duo co-founded New Orleans-based ...
Gizmodo

Pulverized Glass Is Becoming Much-Needed Sand Along Louisiana’s Coasts

Glass Half Full and Tulane University researchers are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for recycling glass bottles and using them to restore shoreline in Louisiana. Can a glass recycling ...
Gizmodo

These Rogue Glass Recyclers Want to Create New Sand for Louisiana’s Coast

Glass Half Full is the only glass recycling facility in New Orleans, and they're producing coarse sand that they hope can restore eroded shorelines. Reading time 3 minutes A glass recycling and ...
The Virginian-Pilot

New Chrysler Museum exhibit transforms sand to glass

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Glass artists Nadine Sterk and Lonny van Ryswyck want us to look down. To look at the sand under our feet and think ...
Science Daily

Scientists use recycled glass waste as sand replacement in 3D printing

Researchers have developed the capability to use recycled glass in 3D printing, opening doors to a more environmentally sustainable way of building and construction. Researchers from Nanyang ...