| Most towns and cities offer recycling programs | | | | ash and lime and heated to extremely high |
| and many of us do indeed place our used | | | | temperatures wherein it is melted into a molten |
| products in separate bins so that they can be | | | | state. This molten glass is then poured into molds |
| taken away and recycled, but what exactly | | | | and cooled slowly to increase its strength. The |
| makes recycling common household items such as | | | | new glass containers are then shipped out to be |
| mayonnaise jars so important? | | | | used by various companies where they are filled |
| Recycling, as we know, is the process of turning | | | | and returned to store shelves to be sold. |
| used products into new products and it is done to | | | | On average, a typical glass bottle that has been |
| conserve on the consumption of energy and | | | | tossed into a recycling bin will go through this |
| space in landfills. Glass containers are 100 percent | | | | entire cycle in as little as 30 days before being |
| recyclable and they can be recycled endlessly | | | | made into a 'new' bottle. Not only can recycled |
| without losing any purity or quality. | | | | glass be used to make new glass containers, but |
| Every household contains many products made of | | | | it also can be used to create sports turf and |
| glass, ranging from jars of all sizes and colors, to | | | | kitchen tiles as well as for providing sand for use |
| mirrors, drinking glasses and windows. The energy | | | | in construction and on depleted beaches. |
| saved by recycling just one glass jar is enough | | | | For every ton of glass that has been recycled, |
| energy to keep a 100 watt glass light bulb lit for | | | | one ton of raw materials is saved, including 1,200 |
| an hour or a home computer running for 30 | | | | pounds of sand, 400 pounds of soda ash and 360 |
| minutes! | | | | pounds of limestone. As you can see, recycling |
| The process of recycling glass begins by glass | | | | glass containers and other products made of glass |
| being collected and taken to a processor where it | | | | is very beneficial and should be undertaken on a |
| is sorted by color, cleaned and then broken. The | | | | regular basis by us all. |
| glass is then crushed and mixed with sand, soda | | | | |