The US Army has completed a major manoeuvre by switching to environmentally friendly grit blast media, made from recycled glass, at its Field Support Battalion base near Southampton. Glass grit, sourced from reprocessor Krysteline, is being used to refurbish military equipment, including land vehicles, generators and watercraft, at the site n Hythe after the army switched from using traditional copper slag. Grit blasting involves abrasive particles being powered onto a surface using high pressure air and is often the fastest and most thorough means of cleaning, descaling, deburring and removing oxides or other surface contaminants. In addition to helping environmental sustainability, recycled glass grit's main benefits are that it is non-toxic, inert and does not cause respiratory or environmental problems.
