Glass Media

Recycled glass may be recovered from a variety of sources and processed for use in a variety if industrial applications. This environmentally friendly and cost effective material provides a viable alternative to silica sand. A combination of crushing, sorting, magnetic separation and screening is used to classify the material into a range of grain sizes from 10mm diameter, down to dust.

Typical standard grain sizes available are 10mm, 3-6mm, 1-3mm, 1-2mm (8/16), 0.8.1.2mm (14/25), 0.5-1.0mm (16/30), 30s grade, 250um-75um and 75um down to dust.

The glass media is available in white (colourless), green, blue and mixed green and brown colours. On special request other colours are available.

Applications include water filtration (see separate web page), decorative aggregates, decorative flooring, abrasives, as well as paint and polymer functional filler applications.

Benefits in use for glass media include:

  • Recycled product
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Inert (Chemically and physically un-reactive)
  • No crystalline silica
  • Hardness

Minerals Marketing supply a range of Glass Media products for your application requirements. Material data sheets are available on request.

Packaging & Lead Time

All packaged products are available from 5kg bags - 1500kg bulk bags from our central store. Find out more.

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Glass Glass