Yesterday evening at the Perth Green Drinks Harry Hofstede explained one of his inventions during his talk; the BottleCrusher™. The BottleCrusher technology is safe and quiet. The range of machines deliver reduced noise emissions and up to 75% reduced glass volumes. Several of his products are already used in WA mainly in hospitality like restaurants and clubs. Harry demonstrated the glass crusher during his talk, it hardly makes any sound and is fully automatic and easy, you just put your empty bottle in the hole and there it goes, in a few seconds only small chards are left over in the catching shelf. Later during the drinks everyone had fun crushing the empty beer bottles.
He also explained that he innitally had problems getting the crushed glass taken away as conventional waste removers are used to transport 80% air when transporting the bins with empty glass bottles so they weren't interested in the 'smaller amounts' of glass. But he found a solution and is also working on using the glass to create insulation materials such as glass wool.
Glass crushers are not the only products which keep Harry busy, his company, Spartel, also has plastic crushers and systems to process solid and semi-solid organic wastes into compost.
For more information check his website.
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