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Abstract

A system and method for processing leaded glass are presented, in which glass input is tumbled within the cylinder of a ball mill while it is being exposed to an electrolytic fluid. As the glass input is tumbled, balls within the ball mill pulverize the glass input into pulverized glass input particulate matter thereby exposing lead or other heavy metals contained within the glass input to a surface of the pulverized glass input particulate matter. The exposed lead or other heavy metals are largely dissolved by the electrolytic fluid leaving a mostly lead or heavy metal free pulverized glass input particulate matter. A reagent is applied to the pulverized glass input particulate matter to neutralize any residual lead or heavy metal within the pulverized glass input particulate matter thereby allowing the processed pulverized glass input particulate matter to pass a Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) environmental test.

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