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Article: Not Enough Glass to Feed the Furnace.
- Article from:
- Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
- Article date:
- April 6, 2009
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Summary: DUBAI - A belt no more than three feet wide conveys newly crushed bottles to an old metal barrel turned sideways, where water is sprayed to clean them before they are sent to a furnace.
The ad hoc machine, pieced together by workers at the Jebel Ali Glass Factory, plays an integral role in Dubai's glass recycling. However, the lack of glass recycling programmes in the UAE means the company struggles to get enough reusable material to make the 70 to 80 thousand tonnes of glass each year, and has to rely on material shipped from other countries.
"The problem is there are no rules and regulations for this; they don't force people now to segregate ...