MARQUETTE, MI— About 1,000 tons of glass has been pulverized since Marquette County established glass collection points two and a half years ago.
That’s according to the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. EGLE officials say 13 of 22 municipalities have designated glass drop-off locations.
The county’s pulverizer is the only location in the Upper Peninsula that processes glass into sand and aggregate. Once processed, the glass becomes sand material that has been used to sand roads in the winter. This fall, the sand will be used in road mix to construct a road in Dickinson County.
Aggregate processed by the pulverizer has been also been used in landscaping projects.
