here in Louisiana we lose a football
Field's worth of land every 100 minutes
due to Coastal erosion we hope to be
able to combat that problem by using
recycled glass my name is Francisca
Welcome
Troutman I'm from Louisiana and I
recycle glass into sand for Coastal
restoration we will go and pick up glass
Picking up glass
from businesses like bars hotels casinos
we'll put it into our Glass Mountain it
will meet hammers where it'll be crushed
into sand and gravel from there the
glass sand mixture will be sifted we
Glass sand
recycle thousands of pounds of glass
every single hour because so many people
rely on the coast for their livelihoods
there are other places around the world
that have different Sands some sand is
made from bird poop
yeah shrinking coastlines are a super
important issue glass sand can be more
erosion resistant and better for plants
my favorite part of my work is being
able to see recycling actually happen in
front of our eyes