Recycle glass by microwave as raw material for community-colored glass handcrafts

Abstract

The aim of this research is to recycle waste glass to be used as raw material for colored glass handicrafts using microwaves as a way to create jobs for unemployed people in various communities. In this work, the microwave is used as a high-efficiency heating device suitable for glass, which is a material with a high melting point. The researcher designed an experiment to determine the optimum time and power unit for waste glass recycling in order to control the cost of producing raw materials for colored glass. In addition, the researcher has studied properties, density, refractive index, hardness, and transmission to be analyzed to find the most suitable quality to be used as raw materials in the application of colored glass handicrafts.