Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a waste processing system. The system comprises a container preparation area wherein containers are prepared for in-container vitrification processes, a feed area where spent media, recycled waste, and one or more of glass frit, silica sand, or glass formers, are blended to form blended waste. The blended waste is metered into a prepared container from the container preparation area as electricity is applied to electrodes placed in the waste within the container, thereby creating heat sufficient to melt the contents of the container. This results in a container containing vitrified glass product with entrained contaminants. The system includes a container cooling area where the processed container may be cooled, and a container disposition area where the processed container may be surveyed, decontaminated, sealed, shielded, and/or prepared for storage.

A method for recycling glass scrap from exhausted photovoltaic panels containing organic and substantially lead-free contaminants which allows obtaining industrial-degree liquid sodium silicates and mixed inorganic silicates insoluble in water and in alkaline solutions having a high number of industrial applications. The embodiments also relate to soluble and insoluble silicates obtained by such a method.

A method for recycling glass scrap from exhausted photovoltaic panels containing organic and substantially lead-free contaminants which allows obtaining industrial-degree liquid sodium silicates and mixed inorganic silicates insoluble in water and in alkaline solutions having a high number of industrial applications. The embodiments also relate to soluble and insoluble silicates obtained by such a method.

A PE waste material-based carbon-fixed aggregate with a wire mesh shell, and a preparation method of the PE waste material-based carbon-fixed aggregate are provided. The preparation method includes the following steps: S1, pretreatment of a PE material collected; S2, carbon fixation for a pumice to produce a carbon-fixed pumice; S3, preparation of a powder-adsorbed pumice; S4, high-temperature calcination to form a wire mesh shell skeleton; and S5, post-treatment. By providing the PE waste material-based carbon-fixed aggregate with the wire mesh shell and the preparation method of the PE waste material-based carbon-fixed aggregate, achieving the comprehensive and effective recycling of waste agricultural mulch films and drip irrigation belts while solving the problems that pervious concrete is susceptible to water erosion and aggregates have poor carbon fixation and sequestration effects.

A PE waste material-based carbon-fixed aggregate with a wire mesh shell, and a preparation method of the PE waste material-based carbon-fixed aggregate are provided. The preparation method includes the following steps: S1, pretreatment of a PE material collected; S2, carbon fixation for a pumice to produce a carbon-fixed pumice; S3, preparation of a powder-adsorbed pumice; S4, high-temperature calcination to form a wire mesh shell skeleton; and S5, post-treatment. By providing the PE waste material-based carbon-fixed aggregate with the wire mesh shell and the preparation method of the PE waste material-based carbon-fixed aggregate, achieving the comprehensive and effective recycling of waste agricultural mulch films and drip irrigation belts while solving the problems that pervious concrete is susceptible to water erosion and aggregates have poor carbon fixation and sequestration effects.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a waste processing system. The system comprises a container preparation area wherein containers are prepared for in-container vitrification processes, a feed area where spent media, recycled waste, and one or more of glass frit, silica sand, or glass formers, are blended to form blended waste. The blended waste is metered into a prepared container from the container preparation area as electricity is applied to electrodes placed in the waste within the container, thereby creating heat sufficient to melt the contents of the container. This results in a container containing vitrified glass product with entrained contaminants. The system includes a container cooling area where the processed container may be cooled, and a container disposition area where the processed container may be surveyed, decontaminated, sealed, shielded, and/or prepared for storage.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a waste processing system. The system comprises a container preparation area wherein containers are prepared for in-container vitrification processes, a feed area where spent media, recycled waste, and one or more of glass frit, silica sand, or glass formers, are blended to form blended waste. The blended waste is metered into a prepared container from the container preparation area as electricity is applied to electrodes placed in the waste within the container, thereby creating heat sufficient to melt the contents of the container. This results in a container containing vitrified glass product with entrained contaminants. The system includes a container cooling area where the processed container may be cooled, and a container disposition area where the processed container may be surveyed, decontaminated, sealed, shielded, and/or prepared for storage.