ORTI REPORTS.
>> NESTLED IN THE ROLLING HILLS
OF PALMYRA, NEBRASKA, IS GLACIAL
TILL VINEYARD, WHERE WINE
MAKING, IS IN FULL SWING.
BUT ONCE THIS IS BOTTLED UP, AND
CONSUMED, WHAT’S LEFT, ENDS UP
IN THE GARBAGE.
>> IF YOU PUT A GLASS BOTTLE
INTO THE LANDFILL, IT TAKES AND
NINE YEARS FOR THAT TO
DECOMPOSE.
>> AND WITH EVENTS HERE ALMOST
EVERY WEEKEND, PRESIDENT MIKE
MURMAN SAID SOMETHING, HAD TO
CHANGE.
>> WE MAY HAVE BOXES OF WINE
BOTTLES OF GOING BY THE SIDE OF
THE BUILDING.
>> NOT ANYMORE.
GLACIAL TILL JUST INSTALLED ITS
G.L. SAND BOTTLE CRUSHER, MAKING
THIS WINERY THE FIRST PLACE IN
THE MIDWEST WITH THIS
TECHNOLOGY, TURNING GLASS
BOTTLES TO SAND, IN SECONDS.
>> AND THE MATERIAL, THIS AND
THAT IT COMES INTO, YOU CAN
HANDLE.
IT IS SAFE.
>> AND IT RESULTS IN A 90%
REDUCTION IN VOLUME, THE SAND IS
PRACTICAL, TOO, IT CAN BE USED
ON ROADS, IN THE VINEYARD’S
SOIL, AND DOZENS OF OTHER
APPLICATIONS, IN PALMYRA, CAMILA
ORTI KETV NEWSWATCH 7.
>> I WAS ADVISED THAT IT WOULD
BE FINELY PULVERIZED.
>> WE THINK IT WILL BE A NICE
ADDITION TO WHAT WE TRY TO DO
HERE AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> IN PALMYRA, CAMILA ORTI KETV
NEWSWATCH 7.
>> THE BOTTLE CRUSHER WAS
ACTUALLY DEVELOPED IN NEW
ZEALAND TO HELP WITH BEACH
CONSERVATION.
THE ONLY OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE
THE EQUIPMENT, AT LEAST AS FAR
WE KNOW, ARE IN CALIFORNIA AND
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