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The Advantages of Glass Recycling
from:Why glass instead of plastic? Glass is a sustainable material that is an excellent packaging material. Foods and beverages that are packaged in glass have a longer shelf life than those packaged in plastic. Glass prevents contaminants from entering food and beverage products, because it is an excellent barrier. Glass doesn't give off chemicals the way that plastics do to the contents that are packaged inside.
Because of its density and weight glass takes up a large amount of space in the landfills if we do not employ glass recycling in our everyday lives. Unfortunately many people still don't recycle; they throw away glass bottles and jars that could go to a glass recycling plant. For every ton of glass that is recycled the environment is spared 693 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released.
Most municipalities have a glass recycling truck come around to pick up your recycled glass. Some cities don't have the truck that comes around, but they have glass recycling stations where you can deliver your recyclables to. Not all glass is recyclable, because they have impurities in them. Some examples of impure glass would be light bulbs, window panes and glass cookware. Window panes are manufactured by mixing the glass with ceramics to make the glass strong.
There is a method to glass recycling. In order to recycle correctly we need to separate glass by colors. Clear glass is used to make jars and bottles for beverages. Clear glass needs to be separated from green glass and green glass needs to be separated form brown glass. Green glass is used to bottle wine and some beer bottles, while brown glass is used to bottle beer. It is important to keep all the different kinds of glass separated when you are recycling. When glass goes to a glass recycling plant it is crushed into small pieces so that it can be remelted to make more bottles and jars, at this point the recycled glass is called cullet.
In many states laws were passed that require consumers that purchase carbonated drinks to pay an extra five cents for each container. Being required to pay a little extra for soda pop will encourage people to bring their bottles to the recycling company where they will get their deposit back as a refund. By looking on the bottom of the beverage bottle you can see if you will get a refund for your soda bottles, because the states abbreviations are printed on the bottles.
When recycling glass for a curbside or private glass recycling company you need to recycle in containers that are provided by the companies. When you recycle glass there is always a chance the glass will get broken, so the special containers are for your safety and the safety for the glass recycling handlers.
Fine sand and quartz is used in the process of making glass; therefore, making glass from recycled glass uses less energy and doesn't uses any natural resources. Manufacturers of recycled glass are the cleanest of glass producers.
Recycling Plastic And Glass Bottles News
Indiana's Low Recycling Rates Upsets Manufacturers - WRTV Indianapolis
Indiana's Low Recycling Rates Upsets Manufacturers WRTV Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's low recycling rates are putting the squeeze on makers of glass, plastic and aluminum beverage containers, and companies say the higher manufacturing costs could deter others from moving to the state. |
Wayland Recycling Goes Single Stream on Saturday - Patch.com
Wayland Recycling Goes Single Stream on Saturday Patch.com Beginning Saturday, residents can stop separating their recyclables into glass; comingled plastic, cans and foil; and paper and cardboard. Thanks to an agreement with a new processing company, Casella Waste Systems, all those items can go in a single ... |
Recyclable Bottle Design That Lets You Get the Last Drop - Core77.com (blog)
 Core77.com (blog) | Recyclable Bottle Design That Lets You Get the Last Drop Core77.com (blog) Italian cosmetic packaging company Lumson has developed a bottle design that does a better job of evacuating product. Called the TAG (Techno Airless Glass) bottle system, it consists of a glass bottle, a plastic pump and a collapsible pouch. |
The Plastic Wars: Profiles in Garbage - Lincoln Courier (blog)
The Plastic Wars: Profiles in Garbage Lincoln Courier (blog) Recycling site managers also deplore the plastic bag: despite strongly worded signs to the contrary, residents dropping off other recyclables include plastic bags in with their paper, glass, metal can, and plastic container collections, ... |
Top tips launched for a summertime of easy recycling - West Sussex Gazette
Top tips launched for a summertime of easy recycling West Sussex Gazette IT'S set to be a bumper summer for parties, picnics and barbecues, but the county council says don't forget your materials for recycling need to be 'clean, dry and loose'. All glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, cans, paper and card go to the ... |