GLASS RECYCLING IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
GLASS RECYCLING IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
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2007-03
Authors
GARKIDA, ADELE DZIKWI
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Glass is a recyclable material, and in a country of about 120 million people with
increasing urbanization, industrialization and standards of living, it is necessary that
resources are continuously sourced and managed for sustainable development. In Nigeria
today, the populace are yet to be aware of waste glass recycling let alone making sure
that the waste glass they generate should be contaminate free, therefore most glass wastes
that would be collected from neibourhoods would be expected to be contaminated and
such material even though cannot be used for making containers, they can be directed to
lower valued uses, such as road aggregate or glassphalt. There are different processes for
the utilization of cullets for manufacture of new glass. These processes include remelting
and sintering. cullets can be used as crushed to be remelted in pots or furnaces for use to
make new products or sintered which involves the use of powders. This study sought to
convert the glass waste of Light tubes and window glass (soda- lime silica glass),
drinking glass (lead crystal glass) and laboratory glass (borosilicate glass) to functional
forms using the sintering method. The glass samples were analyzed using the ICP
technique to determine their chemical composition. Two different grain sizes comprising
of 106 micrometre mesh and -75 micrometre were taken from each sample to produce the
powder compacts with the hope of achieving better compaction and more full density on
fusion. 10g was weighed each time of every sample and pressed using uniaxial press,
forming three sets of compacts. The first containing no binder pressed at 5,000 psi and
10,000 psi, the second set contained binder pressed at 5000 psi and the third set contained
binder and also pressed at 10,000 psi. 29mm (1.15”) diameter and 10 mm of maximum
thickness compacts were made. The samples were fired in an electric kiln at the sintering
temperature range of 700 – 750, with holding time of two hours. The drying and firing
shrinkages were measured according to the ASTM C 326, weight, size, warpage,
absorption and compressive stress were determined according to ASTM C 67. Additional
imperviousness test for glazed ceramic facing tile as specified in specification C126 was
also carried out on some of the samples. The microstructures of specimens were
observed using a JEOL JSM 820 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Sintering
temperature range of 700-750oC was found suitable for composites containing bentonite
as binder. The samples sintered at 750oC were very hard and they developed a thin layer
of glazing, making it possible to produce a glazed tile all in one process.
Description
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE
POST GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN (GLASS TECHNOLOGY)
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FACULTY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
MARCH 2007
Keywords
GLASS, RECYCLING, WASTE, MANAGEMENT