Do You Know The Benefits Of Glass Recycling?

You may have noticed that glass containers make up a large portion of household waste.  You also likely know that glass can be recycled, and have hopefully been sorting your glass bottles, jars, and other containers into your recycling bin for weekly pickup. However, do you ever wonder about the benefits of recycling glass and how glass is recycled?

Glass is Easily Recycled

Can glass be recycled? Glass containers can be recycled multiple times with little loss in quality, which means that recycling glass saves a huge amount of resources.  The potential for multiple reuses makes glass an ideal manufacturing material.

Recycling Glass Saves Money

Since glass can be recycled with no loss in quality, new glass can be produced from recycled containers without added the cost of acquiring raw materials.  Glass products that are produced at a lower cost during the manufacturing process due to the use of recycled materials can then be made available to consumers at a lower price.

Recycling Glass is Environmentally Friendly

Recycling glass takes less energy than does producing glass.  These energy savings can then be conserved for other uses.  In addition, since less raw materials are used to produce recycled glass products, recycling glass leaves a smaller environmental footprint.

If you don’t already recycle glass, consider putting your glass waste into your recycling bin for weekly pickup.  It’s as easy as throwing the glass in the garbage, but is much more environmentally friendly.

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