Method of recycling mixed colored cullet into amber, green, or flint glass

A method of creating recycled glass products, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining unsorted mixed color glass cullet having glass of at least two different colors;
• adding an amount of the unsorted mixed color glass cullet to a glass melt of a virgin soda-lime glass batch for glass of a particular color;
• adding to said glass melt at least one of a decolorizing agent which selectively decolorizes at least one of the colors of said unsorted mixed color glass cullet other than said particular color and a colorizing agent which enhances said particular color of said unsorted mixed color glass cullet;
• and
• creating a recycled glass product of said particular color from the selectively colorized/decolorized glass melt.

A method of creating recycled glass products, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining unsorted mixed color glass cullet having glass of at least two different colors;
• adding an amount of the unsorted mixed color glass cullet to a raw virgin soda-lime glass batch mixture for glass of a particular color;
• adding to said virgin batch mixture at least one of a decolorizing agent which selectively decolorizes at least one of the colors of said unsorted mixed color glass cullet other than said particular color and a colorizing agent which enhances said particular color of said unsorted mixed color glass cullet;
• melting the virgin batch mixture with said mixed color glass cullet and any agent added in said adding step to a molten state;
• and
• creating a recycled glass product of said particular color from the selectively colorized/decolorized virgin batch mixture.