Exploration of Glass Bottle Wasteinto Functional Products Using a Combustion Furnace as Flameworking Technique

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The waste problem is increasingly becoming a problem in Yogyakarta because the Piyungan landfill is considered not to fulfill the waste capacity of Yogyakarta and its surroundings. The plan to close the Piyungan landfill for revitalization and the issue of “zero inorganic waste” is the rationale for developing an inorganic waste processing technique, especially glass bottle waste. Glass bottle waste is one of the inorganic waste that is difficult to process; therefore this study chose to focus on glass bottle waste. There are several factories in West Java and East Java that process glass crumbling, but none in the Yogyakarta area. One of the many potentials in Yogyakarta is the clay processing into pottery or ceramics.

This is one of the reasons for trying to develop glass waste processing techniques utilizing similar technology to clay processing, namely using a kiln. The long-term goal of this research is to provide an alternative to processing glass bottle waste locally by the local potential in Yogyakarta. Glass bottle waste will be tested by burning it with a pottery kiln widely used by craftsmen in DIY. The experimental method based on goal formulation will be used as a strategic design development to achieve this goal. The experiment will start with cutting the glass bottles and then continue transforming the shape into functional products using the heat (flameworking) of the furnace with the setting of the burning time and cooling time adjusted. The experiment will look for the efficiency of the burn time related to the amount of fuel used in the realization of the product and the calculation of cooling time in making disposable products from glass bottle waste.