The Realities of Glass Recycling
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Glass is a transparent substance made primarily from sand, soda ash, and limestone.
Glass recycling helps the environment. The amount of energy needed to melt recycled glass is considerably less than that required to melt raw materials to make new bottles and jars. Also, processing and using recycled glass in manufacturing conserves raw materials.
Yes, glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without losing quality or purity - something few food and beverage packaging options can claim.
No, not all glass types are recyclable. Some kinds of glass, like windows, ovenware, Pyrex, and other types of heat-resistant glass, crystal, light bulbs, (television and computer) screens, mirrors, etc., are manufactured differently. If such materials find their way into the glass container manufacturing process, they can result in production problems and defective containers.
Glass recycling is the processing of waste glass into usable products. The industry term for furnace-ready recycled glass is “cullet.” Glass cullet is classified in sizes that can range from pebbles to sand and even powder.
Common non-container uses
There’s container glass and everything else when it comes to glass recycling. That’s because non-containers are treated with chemicals to make them more durable and resistant to heat, reducing the recycling market.
First of all, do your best to prevent the glass from breaking. Not only is broken glass dangerous for you, but it has little recycling value. If glass breaks, wrap it in a plastic bag before throwing it away so sanitation workers won’t get injured handling it. For windows and mirrors, you’ll need to find a construction and demolition (C&D) recycler to process the material.
Many communities include glass bottle and container collection in curbside collection programs. Non-containers treated with chemicals should be left out of the recycling bin and need to be taken to a construction and demolition (C&D) recycler.
You can either take your glass bottles and containers to residential curbside collection points or drop-off collection sites; these drop-off sites will transport the glass to glass recycling companies.
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