Wednesday in Recycle week is GLASS day...
Here are some interesting GLASS facts from the website:
  • The largest glass furnaces produce more than 400 tonnes – that's more than one million bottles and jars - each day! [source: www.ollierecycles.com]
  • Glass can be recycled again and again without losing its clarity or purity [source: www.britglass.co.uk ]
  • Milk bottles are reused an average of 13 times before recycling [source: Surrey County Council]
  • The UK has more than 50,000 bottle banks [source: www.britglass.co.uk ]
  • One bottle bank can hold up to 3,000 bottles before it needs to be emptied. [source: www.britglass.co.uk ]
  • We use around 2.4 million tonnes of container glass in the UK every year. [source: www.defra.gov.uk]
  • In 2005 we recycled approximately 1.2 million tonnes of used glass (known as ‘cullet’). [source: www.britglass.co.uk]
  • Making glass bottles and jars from recycled ones saves energy. The energy saving from recycling one bottle will:
    - Power a 100 watt light bulb for almost an hour
    - Power a computer for 20 minutes
    - Power a colour TV for 15 minutes
    - Power a washing machine for 10 minutes [source: www.britglass.co.uk ]
  • Probably the most important thing about recycling glass is the energy saving – when using recycled glass to make new containers, 315Kg of CO2 is saved for every tonne of recycled glass used. [source: "Glass Recycling - Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions. A Life Cycle Analysis Report". Prepared for British Glass by Enviros Consulting Ltd November 2003.]
Get those bottles recycled ! I do my bit by drinking lots of beer...

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