01-30-2022, 05:02 PM
A recent article in Trains magazine profiled a short line RR near Puyallup, WA. (December 2021, story on Meeker Southern). I was intrigued to read a mention of hopper loads of cullet as outbound loads. The company was not named, but some internet sleuthing revealed Pacific Glass Media
(site link: The PGM Story)
Ultimately, clean cullet (clear only?) can be used as feed stock for fibreglass insulation manufacture. The "about us" page tells a lot about the difficulties obtaining clean materials. Even though glass is "recycled" here in Oregon, for our community at least, the recycled glass is just crushed and sent to a nearby landfill. Reportedly, this is because bottle glass plants no longer rely on recycled stock due to colored glass cross contamination.
This could be an interesting outbound loads industry on your model railroad.[url=https://www.pacificglassmedia.com/storypage.html][/url]
(site link: The PGM Story)
Ultimately, clean cullet (clear only?) can be used as feed stock for fibreglass insulation manufacture. The "about us" page tells a lot about the difficulties obtaining clean materials. Even though glass is "recycled" here in Oregon, for our community at least, the recycled glass is just crushed and sent to a nearby landfill. Reportedly, this is because bottle glass plants no longer rely on recycled stock due to colored glass cross contamination.
This could be an interesting outbound loads industry on your model railroad.[url=https://www.pacificglassmedia.com/storypage.html][/url]