Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What should we do with unwanted glass bottles? Turn them back into sand and use them to grow food!
Researchers are experimenting with using recycled glass to replace some or all of the soil used to grow vegetables. This project could turn waste into a solution for soil erosion and the current sand shortage.
“Evaluating recyclable glass material as a substitute for soil in vegetable cultivation: An innovative approach to sustainable agriculture”
Presented at ACS Fall 2024 on Aug. 21, 2024
Presenter: Andrea Quezada
Principal investigators: Julie Vanegas, Ph.D., and Teresa Feria-Arroyo, Ph.D.
Recycled glass soil for the future of farming | Headline Science
To read an ACS press release about this research, go to acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2024/august/pilot-study-uses-recycled-glass-to-grow-plants-for-salsa-ingredients.html
Video credits:
Written by Anne Hylden
Produced by Kerri Jansen and Anne Hylden
Edited by Darren Weaver
Narrated by Anne Hylden
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Hadley Marcek contributed research for this video.
Research videos by Eric Zamora and Maria Rebeca Santos Chavez
Additional video: Shutterstock, Getty Images
Music: “Flying Kites” by Station Story from Epidemic Sound.
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#glass #soil #farming #food
What should we do with unwanted glass bottles? Turn them back into sand and use them to grow food!
Researchers are experimenting with using recycled glass to replace some or all of the soil used to grow vegetables. This project could turn waste into a solution for soil erosion and the current sand shortage.
“Evaluating recyclable glass material as a substitute for soil in vegetable cultivation: An innovative approach to sustainable agriculture”
Presented at ACS Fall 2024 on Aug. 21, 2024
Presenter: Andrea Quezada
Principal investigators: Julie Vanegas, Ph.D., and Teresa Feria-Arroyo, Ph.D.
Recycled glass soil for the future of farming | Headline Science
To read an ACS press release about this research, go to acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2024/august/pilot-study-uses-recycled-glass-to-grow-plants-for-salsa-ingredients.html
Video credits:
Written by Anne Hylden
Produced by Kerri Jansen and Anne Hylden
Edited by Darren Weaver
Narrated by Anne Hylden
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Hadley Marcek contributed research for this video.
Research videos by Eric Zamora and Maria Rebeca Santos Chavez
Additional video: Shutterstock, Getty Images
Music: “Flying Kites” by Station Story from Epidemic Sound.
Produced by the American Chemical Society (ACS), one of the world’s largest scientific societies. ACS is a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences.
Join the #AmericanChemicalSociety! bit.ly/Join_ACS
#glass #soil #farming #food
