Plan to upcycle glass waste

Chew (left) and Khoo (right) placing empty glass bottles inside a box after Phee (middle) launched the recycling initiative at the Tzu Chi environment protection education centre in Bukit Mertajam.

THE trouble with glass is that since it is essentially silica sand, it has nearly no intrinsic recyclable value.

However, tens of tonnes of bottles and jars a day end up in the rubbish bins in Penang.