For years, the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) through its Coastal Cleanup initiatives has picked up glass beverage bottles and other trash that littered Virgin Islands beaches and shores. Through UVI’s Glass Crusher Project, the University is gearing up to accept glass waste from the community, to improve recycling efforts in the Virgin Islands. Commencing March 27th, the University will host a glass collection effort on the last Saturday of each month at the former West Bay Supermarket parking lot, near UVI, from 9-11 am.
The University purchased five glass crushers thanks to a $50,000 grant secured from the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. The glass crushers are capable of turning bottles into sand and smaller glass pieces or cullets that have a variety of uses such as in art, landscaping, ice making, golf course bunkers, pool filtration systems, and high-end sand blasting. The sand can also be used to make asphalt patches for potholes, can be mixed into concrete and to make sand bags for the hurricane season.
More information is available in a news release on the Media Section of the UVI Website-www.uvi.edu/ - and from this direct link.