Sustainable Glass Recycling Culture-Based on Semi-Automatic Glass Bottle Cutter Prototype

Jovheiry García Guerrero, Juvenal Rodríguez Reséndiz, Hugo Rodríguez Reséndiz, José Manuel Álvarez-Alvarado and Omar Rodríguez Abreo
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Jovheiry García Guerrero: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Juvenal Rodríguez Reséndiz: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Hugo Rodríguez Reséndiz: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro 76010, Mexico
José Manuel Álvarez-Alvarado: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Omar Rodríguez Abreo: Red de Investigación OAC Optimización, Automatización y Control. El Marques, Queretaro 76240, Mexico

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-23

Abstract: Humanity has developed recycling activities over time due to their benefits, the shortage of raw materials, or the footprint with regard to the environment. The absence of a recycling culture in Mexico has not allowed its development and growth despite the benefits. In 2012, Mexico only recycled less than 10% of urban solid waste. Most recycling activities are focused on plastic, paper, and cardboard products due to their prices in local markets. This article presents a semi-automated prototype focused on recycling glass bottles using the thermal shock phenomenon. It aims to develop a sustainable glass recycling culture by creating a new branch for the integral glass recycling process and a proposal base on Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) and the Quintuple Helix Model. It helps to reduce waste and resource recovery from recycling and upcycling glass bottles. The products obtained from upcycling fulfill new uses and acquire new value, while glass leftovers continue the integral recycling process for glass. Additionally, this paper demonstrates the relation between the ISWM and the Quintuple Helix Model and the opportunity to implement the twelfth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).

Keywords: glass bottle upcycling; resource recovery; COVID-19; glass waste recycling; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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