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I recycle glass! Do You?
Benefits of Glass Recycling: Why Recycle Glass?
Historians of today date objects found in Egypt and Eastern Mesopotamia from 3000 BC, roughly the time of the Bronze Age, as our first evidence of man-made glass. Recycling glass is very efficient and it is good for the environment. If the glass bottle is thrown away and moved to a landfill, it can take up to a million years (hypothetically) for it to be recycled. Where on the other hand, if we could recycle the glass it won’t take nearly as long to be replaced on the shelf. Glass is 100 percent recyclable and can be used over again and again, with no loss of purity or quality in the glass. Every ton of glass that is recycled saves more than a ton of the raw materials needed to create new glass, which includes 1,300 pounds of sand, 410 pounds of soda ash, and 380 pounds of limestone. Using recycled glass will help save energy and also help with the pollution factor. It will save almost 40 percent of energy using “cullets”. Cullets are made from crushing the glass and making a product. They are made at a much lower temperature then when made from raw materials, which allows us to save energy and create less pollution.
Finally, Glass is very simple to recycle and is almost the easiest thing to recycle because all pieces of glass can be broken down and reused. Most every municipal and curbside recycling building will accept glass bottles or glass objects. The chief issue with glass production, and the benefit of recycling it, is the energy needed to run and maintain the huge furnaces, and the energy of transporting the raw materials and the product.
Statistics: straight from article:
A typical glass container is made of as much as 70 percent recycled glass. According to industry estimates, 80 percent of all recycled glass eventually ends up as new glass containers.
Hyperlink:
http://environment.about.com/od/recycling/a/benefits_of_glass_recycling.htm
http://www.recyclingexpert.co.uk/RecyclingGlass.html
Finally, Glass is very simple to recycle and is almost the easiest thing to recycle because all pieces of glass can be broken down and reused. Most every municipal and curbside recycling building will accept glass bottles or glass objects. The chief issue with glass production, and the benefit of recycling it, is the energy needed to run and maintain the huge furnaces, and the energy of transporting the raw materials and the product.
Statistics: straight from article:
A typical glass container is made of as much as 70 percent recycled glass. According to industry estimates, 80 percent of all recycled glass eventually ends up as new glass containers.
Hyperlink:
http://environment.about.com/od/recycling/a/benefits_of_glass_recycling.htm
http://www.recyclingexpert.co.uk/RecyclingGlass.html
Treasure Our Trash
Transcending political correctness, today's innovative designers are turning lackluster recyclables into stylish works of art. The old saying "history repeats itself" has a new meaning. Instead of a caution against making the same mistake twice, it could become a slogan for recycling. In fact, the planet's future may depend on repeating history through recycling, that is, reusing materials either in their original form or transformed. Art and fashion created from recyclable materials, their future use and recycling art exhibitions are discussed.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-9280&artno=0000062763&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=glass%20recycling&title=Treasured%20Trash%3A%20The%20Art%20of%20Recycling&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-9280&artno=0000062763&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=glass%20recycling&title=Treasured%20Trash%3A%20The%20Art%20of%20Recycling&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
Help Out and Recycle!
The demand for recyclables has not always kept up with the overflowing supplies. State and local governments have improved collection efforts; however, they lack markets for the recovered materials. Factors contributing to this problem are examined. Green glass, post-consumer plastic resins, old newspapers, the recyclables market and current marketplace distortions are discussed.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-9280&artno=0000079601&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=glass%20recycling&title=The%20Challenge%20of%20Markets&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-9280&artno=0000079601&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=glass%20recycling&title=The%20Challenge%20of%20Markets&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
in the glass is it true most of glass is reused? is the plate i use for dinner recycled? i dont think glass recycling is that big abound here most places won't take back glass bottles that do not have the 5 cent return on it. would you know why?
ReplyDeleteI beleive your glass dinner plate could be recycled but most likely not, because it might be made out of clay and glass mixture. Around here I don't see glass recycling as much but yes it is true that almost all glass can be reused.
ReplyDeleteyea that is kinda crazy. i did my blog on landfills. and we are having a great deal with any recycled. there are landfills allover world that over full and leaking in to water.
ReplyDeleteYeah that is pretty bad. Were lucky not to live next to an ocean or lake with the oil spills or anything. Like the oil spill of recent. I feel bad for everyone that lives around that, and also the people that didnt want the oil plant to be place there in the first place.
ReplyDeleteyea. i would feel bad to. but with your glass can it disolve in to the ground?
ReplyDeletewith the oil i did projest beging year about oil spills. they have a new tanker the oil can be travled in. but the oil places don't have buy it intill 2012 cause they cost so much. so i think the oil spill is are falt. the old tankers are only lined once and the new tankers have plates of steel with gaps in beetween each one to make inpossible to spill.
ReplyDeleteThe new tanks are interesting, but why is it our fault? For making the prices to high to build them? If you own an oil company I am pretty positive you could buy these new tanks with the money you have.
ReplyDeletei agree, if everyone recycled their glass it could help save our planet
ReplyDeleteI would like to comment on Jonh's first post about the black glass. I have also noticed that you can not recycle black glass (or dark colored glass). Why is this? Are there places that do recycle it? Maybe its more expensive to recucyle this type of glass...your thoughts (based on research ofcourse!)?
ReplyDeleteColored glass can be recycled. Not at every beverage center or recycling center. Often times there will be certain days or events for recycling "colored" glass only. Usually the clear glass is recycled and made into other clear objects and colored to new colored objects. When you recycle them they will often seperate the two. It is not more expensive to recycle colored glass, as I am pretty sure that you do not have to pay to recycle anything, other than your local dumpster!
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