How to not Waste Glass Waste
CONECT 2024: XVII International Scientific Conference of Environmental and Climate Technologies: Book of Abstracts 2024
Jana Zubricka, Anna Kubule, Dagnija Blumberga

As a highly versatile material, glass is used for numerous significant applications in our lives: from building structures to household products, to optical instruments, etc. Even more impressive than its versatility is the theoretically endless recycling opportunities of glass. While closed loop recycling is preferred due to raw materials savings and lower CO2 emissions, it is oftentimes hindered by the quality and impurities in the collected glass waste. The technical limitations to recycling may be application specific, for example, if the post-consumer glass collection systems cannot guarantee the required high quality and thus closed-loop recycling is disregarded. Moreover, there are economic and environmental limitations to glass recycling. The aim of the paper is to set a base for comparative analysis of scenarios for the potential development of glass recycling model in Latvia. The methodology algorithm of the proposed study consists of three main parts, namely, composition of database required for the analysis, building of the analysis framework, i.e., selection of technology alternatives and assessment criteria (indicators) and application on MCDA by TOPSIS method. A literature review on novel glass waste valorization techniques is performed and the summary conclusions will be used for further research development.


Keywords
Glass waste; recycling; technology alternatives; valorization
DOI
10.7250/CONECT.2024.094
Hyperlink
https://journals.rtu.lv/index.php/conect/article/view/CONECT.2024.094

Zubricka, J., Kubule, A., Blumberga, D. How to not Waste Glass Waste. In: CONECT 2024: XVII International Scientific Conference of Environmental and Climate Technologies: Book of Abstracts, Latvia, Rīga, 15-17 May, 2024. Riga: Riga Technical University, 2024, pp.129-129. ISBN 978-9934-37-065-6. ISSN 2592-9704. Available from: doi:10.7250/CONECT.2024.094

Publication language
English (en)
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