Porcelain Recycling

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Maxwell Smart

Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 607
Location: London Town

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 11:46 am Post subject: Porcelain Recycling
Does anybody know if it's possible to recycle porcelain in the UK? I'm thinking largish volumes - not the odd coffee cup... I know that it can be done and is done but question is where.... thanks

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 12:47 pm Post subject:
Not heard of it anywhere

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 8655

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 12:47 pm Post subject:
Me neither. Ceramic stuff usually goes for hardcore or landfill.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 12:56 pm Post subject:
I think that potters use some. You can mix it in with new clay, a bit like adding cullet to glass. Can't imagine that it would use huge amounts though. Might be worth Pming gz, she does pottery/ceramics.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 3:15 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Not heard of it anywhere

There was some being done at the school fair on Saturday...

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8920
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 5:09 pm Post subject:
When fired clay is used as Grog, to reduce the shrinkage ,improve thermal shock resistance and enable the making of bigger pots, it wont be glazed ex-pots.

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 5:34 pm Post subject:
I was nearly right then.

derbyshiredowser

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 980
Location: derbyshire

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 7:35 pm Post subject:
There is a firm in Derbyshire near hopton village that pulverise belfastsink seconds etc and turn it into bagged dust and then sell it on to be reused in the pottery business in Stoke on trent I assume. It's one of the noisiest dusty places I worked at. I'll see if I can remember the name

derbyshiredowser

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 980
Location: derbyshire

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 8:34 pm Post subject:
Remembered the firms name see : https://www.viaton.com/viaton/index.html

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46216
Location: yes

Posted: Tue May 11, 10 8:39 pm Post subject:
put through a crusher i recon it could have lots of second uses recon it would make good aggregate in concrete at 10mm to dust or as bigger lumps in gabions as a barrier for tide or flow a good heat sink /refractory might look cute bonded in resin as tile or such

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