Glass Recycling Summit Photos

​hotos from the November 14th tour of the Strategic Materials facility in Saint Paul and summit at Lake Como Pavilion.
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Photos from the November 14th tour of the Strategic Materials facility in Saint Paul and summit at Lake Como Pavilion.
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A large pile of contaminants.

Joe Meierhof from Strategic Materials led one of the tour groups.

The tour group stands next to a large pile of glass to be processed.

Collection bins for glass.

A processing machine.

A Strategic Materials employee showcases the intermediate product.

A Redwave machine used for vacuum removal of paper contaminants.

The fine grinding machinery.

Close-up of the fine grinding machinery.

Joe Meierhof explains the contaminants removal process.

Close-up of the final clear glass product.

Joe Meierhof showcases the green glass final product.

Batteries and other contaminants waste bin.

Bins for non-ferrous and ferrous metal contaminants.

Dan VanKorn from Strategic Materials begins his presentation.

Scott DeFife of the Glass Packaging Institute called in from Washington D.C.

William Sorokes from Strategic Materials.

Kyle Fiebelkorn from Anchor Glass called in from a western Minnesotan deer camp.

Wayne Gjerde from the MPCA.

Kellie Kish from the City of Minneapolis.

Susan Heffron from the MPCA.

Bill Keegan from Dem-Con Materials Recovery.

Kate Devanport from Eureka Recycling.

Kate Davenport answering questions.