Recycling Glass
Recycling Glass
Submitted by Earth Factiods on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:32Every month, we throw out enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a giant skyscraper.
Recycling Glass
Submitted by Earth Factiods on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:27The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours. It also causes 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is made from raw materials.
Recycling Glass
Submitted by Earth Factiods on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:25A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years or more to decompose -- and even longer if it's in the landfill.
Recycling Glass
Submitted by Earth Factiods on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:24Mining and transporting raw materials for glass produces about 385 pounds of waste for every ton of glass that is made. If recycled glass is substituted for half of the raw materials, the waste is cut by more than 80%.
