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Interested in recycling? Go beyond your regular milk jugs and newspapers and add glass to the mix. Glass bottles are made up of silica sand, soda ash and limestone. When glass is crushed, it returns to its natural state, and these ingredients are 100 percent recyclable.
Only the highest-quality glass is used for recycling purposes. The glass must not have foreign materials and cannot include heat-resistant glass cookware, light bulbs, window glass or regular drinking glasses. -
Once glass is collected to be recycled, it is crushed and any contaminants are removed. The colors are then sorted and the glass is mixed with raw materials such as soda ash and limestone. It is then melted in a furnace.
The melted glass material can be blown into glass or poured into molds to make new containers. - Search online to find a glass recycling drop-off near you. Glass is usually back on shelves in new products within 30 days of being recycled. Otherwise, a glass bottle can take up to a million years to break down.
