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Board discusses using processed glass as fill for sandbags and emergency use
Summary
Staff proposed using crushed glass (a sand-like byproduct) as fill for sandbags for highway/emergency use; the board agreed the idea is feasible and asked staff to pursue storage and bagging logistics.
Staff described a local reuse option for processed glass: the pulverized material forms a sand-like product that can be used as fill for sandbags.
"It goes into a pile... that they use for fill dirt," the staff member explained when asked where the processed glass goes. Participants discussed using that material to fill sandbags for highway departments or stockpiles and talked through storage and bagging logistics. A board member offered to have Jim order bags, and staff said they would find a place to store filled bags.
The board agreed the approach "is definitely something we could do," and staff will follow up with Jim to place orders for bags and coordinate a storage location. No formal vote was taken; the item was accepted as an operational task to pursue further.
If implemented, the practice could provide low-cost, locally sourced fill for emergency sandbags and reduce the need to source native fill elsewhere.
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