Insight Into Global Recycle Managment Corporation

Global Recycling Management Corporation , a locally owned auto windshield repair and replacement business, is asking the local community and communities in surrounding states to cast individual votes every day to help make their idea become a reality. 

Global Recycling Management Corporation (GRM) and other businesses alike, can help keep the environment clean by boosting recycling efforts this year. 

For it's contribution to this effort, GRM is gearing up to start the first windshield recycling program in California and the Western U.S., with the ultimate goal of making windshield recycling a reality on a national scale. 

GRM believes recycled glass is a unique and valuable material that provides a great opportunity for environmentally sensible, sustainable businesses.  They are planning to start recycling over 40,000 lbs of windshield glass per month in San Francisco alone that would otherwise be dumped in San Francisco landfills.

The main product generated by the process of recycling windshields is called cullet (crushed glass), which is used widely in construction industries, roadways, waste filtering, sandblasting, counter tops, fiberglass products and much more. The production of cullet from recycled windshields is currently limited to the Eastern U.S.

According to J.D. Snyder, CEPES's Director of the Recycling Materials Center, over 70 tons of windshield material per month is currently land-filled by Henderson Glass, a Michigan chain of 33 glass replacement stores. They are just one example and an indication of the enormous volume of windshields that would potentially be diverted from U.S. Landfills. Recycling windshields could reduce the amount of the overall automotive "fluff" that currently goes to landfills by about three percent, according to USCAR's recycling partnership.

Another compelling incentive for nationwide windshield recycling is the tremendous savings to be realized from avoided costs of collection, disposal and processing operations, and marketed material prices.   Consequently, this could generate a significant boost to our economy.

Additionally, the recycling of these materials has the following impact on our lives:

• Reduces our dependence on landfills, allowing more productive use of our land.
• Protects our environment: with less waste materials going into landfills, less harmful emissions like methane gases are released into the Earth's atmosphere. 
• Results in less mining and extraction, which is beneficial to the natural habitats of wild animals. 
• Reduces the amount of natural resources needed to make products and packaging.
• Saves energy: recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60 watt light bulb for 3 hours (and emits less greenhouse gases), so imagine the effect of recycling just one windshield!
• Saves us money. It is usually cheaper to purchase a recycled material versus the original. This helps stimulate the economy by freeing up our resources to purchase other products.

We are excited about proceeding in our first phase toward being fully equipped to process thousands of tons of recycled glass per year!  We hope to help make protecting the environment a more hassle-free process, and aspire to set an example in our community and our state to encourage other businesses to avoid unnecessary waste. 

Our initiative, desire and ultimate goal is to forge ahead in the development of innovative, value-added and environmentally responsible uses for recycled windshield glass in partnership with our potential customers, suppliers and employees.  We aspire to become well regarded as a manufacturer of clean, consistent-sized glass aggregates* for a wide variety of markets.  As each of these markets grow, we will strive to add the capacity to meet the growing demand.  Our energies and resources will be directed toward the development of many diverse applications for the final product.

We welcome parties who are seriously interested in investing in our fledgling business of recycling automotive windshields, and are continually seeking potential buyers of our final recycled products.

*Waste glass will be converted into Glas-sand and various sized aggregate for the following uses (not all inclusive):

Glas sand

·         Sandblasting

·         Landfill cover

·         Sand traps

·         Sand bags for vehicle traction

·         Beach sand

·         Hydroponics ice control (salt replacement)

Aggregate

·         Aggregate base for roads

·         Glasphalt

·         Landscaping

Drainage

·         Retaining wall backfill

·         French drains

·         Septic tank drain fields

·         Drainpipe bedding & backfill

Glass Products

·         Terrazzo

·         Pressed glass

·         Fiberglass

·         Marbles

·         Eco-glass

·         Glass beads

·         Jewelry

·         Marblite

·         Opacified flat glass

·         Roof tile

·         Sintered Mosaic tile

·         Industrial flooring

Concrete Items

·         Lawn ornaments

·         Pottery

·         Retaining wall blocks

·         Stepping stones

To contact Global Recycling Management Corporation  for more information email us at grm.inc01@gmail.com.

There is a deep satisfaction that comes with knowing our organization will keep tons of windshields out of Calfiornia’s and other State landfills, just by taking responsibility for our actions.

California, has demonstrated a consistent commitment to the environment, year after year.  By participating in this initiative, Californians are helping to ‘green’ their city by keeping tons of windshield waste out of landfills.  This city is poised to set the precedent for windshield recycling across the nation as more businesses become aware and decide to participate.

It will be exciting to watch businesses see tangible results of their diligent recycling efforts.  Businesses that have made a commitment to environmental sustainability should be commended for developing green business practices that make our communities a safer, more enjoyable place to live and work.