| Recycling Glass | | | | instead used to make other glass items is still an |
| When you finish guzzling down that bottle of | | | | excellent benefit for our environment as it |
| Perrier, do you ever stop to think about what | | | | reduces energy consumption by not having to |
| that bottle will be in its next life, so to speak? | | | | break down all new materials for new glass. It |
| Probably not and you're not alone. Most of us | | | | also means that less waste is being sent to |
| recycle because that's just what you do now. We | | | | landfills-another plus for the environment. Finally, it |
| all know that it's the right thing to do because it's | | | | also helps in the manufacturing of brick, ceramic |
| better for the environment and in most places, it | | | | and fiberglass which are all an absolute necessity |
| is now law, but you probably don't give it much | | | | in this day and age. |
| thought beyond that or really know why or how. | | | | We've come a long way in recent years when it |
| After reading this article you'll think twice before | | | | comes to the recycling of glass. It was in the |
| cutting the occasional corner and tossing a jar or | | | | early seventies that the US began charging a five |
| bottle into the trash and you'll likely never see | | | | cent deposit on pop bottles which would be |
| glass quite the same way! | | | | refunded when the bottle would be returned to |
| | | | the vendor. This certainly helped some since it |
| Glass is not only being broken down and used to | | | | meant a little bit of pocket money for anyone |
| make other glass containers, but in many | | | | who stumbled on bottles outside and went |
| countries; used glass containers and bottles are | | | | through the trouble of returning them. These |
| being re-used/refilled. This is the ultimate in glass | | | | days though while we may not be paid directly |
| recycling because it is simple and requires nothing | | | | for the bottles that we refrain from tossing in the |
| more than the sanitization of the containers. Most | | | | trash; we certainly benefit by doing good for the |
| countries offer consumers the opportunity to | | | | world around us. Things have also gotten easier |
| return bottles to the store in which they were | | | | thanks to government issued recycling containers |
| purchased or in 'bottle banks' which are common | | | | that are accessible to anyone regardless of where |
| in the UK. The glass which is not refilled and | | | | they live. |