Glass containers were recycled at a rate of 38 percent in 1996. There are more than 500,000 tons of glass refillable containers in use. Nearly 650,000 tons of recovered glass was used in non-container applications such as glasphalt, road filler and fiberglass. Glass containers save 9 gallons of fuel (oil) for every ton of recycled glass. Recycling one glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.

Some useful tips :

•  You always make sure that the glass you collect can be recycled and prepare it properly.
•  Remove lids and metal bottle collars.
•  Rinse containers to remove traces of food and beverages.
•  Dirty containers may produce odors and will attract insects and rodents.
•  Paper labels may be left on containers.
•  To protect yourself and workers at recycling centers, take care not to break glass containers you collect.

Glass Bottles

Americans throw away enough glass bottles and jars every two weeks. Most bottles and jars contain at least 25% recycled glass. Glass never wears out — it can be recycled forever. We save over a ton of resources for every ton of glass recycled — 1,330 pounds of sand, 433 pounds of soda ash, 433 pounds of limestone, and 151 pounds of feldspar. A ton of glass produced from raw materials created 384 pounds of mining waste. Using 50% recycled glass cuts it by about 75%.We get 27.8 pounds of air pollution for every ton of new glass produced.

Glass recycling reduces pollution by 14-20%.  It saves 25-32% of the energy used to make glass. Every day, Americans recycle about 13 million glass jars and bottles. Germany recycles almost 40% of its glass.

1. Glass recycling contains high costs for the business point of view as well as transportation point of view.
2. Glass must be sorted into colors to be recycled.
3. Most of the glass is used for the commercial purposes which is not to be recycled and ends up in landfills.
4. This process would cut deeply into the bottle manufacturing market and put people out of work.

Glass Bottles

Glass Bottles

1. When the cardboard box is recycled the paper is produced on it. And every one knows how much paper is used in or routine life.
2. A cardboard box can be used as printing to promote its contents and this can be achieved with flexographic, lithographic or screen printing techniques.

1. At the time of recycling glass. It uses less energy and creates less pollution.
2. Glass can be recycled to make new glass.
3. 80 percent of the recycled glass is used to produce new glass containers.
4. Recycled glass needs less heat to process into new glass

Cardboard is used mainly for packing and storage, and only cardboard is one who recycled in any type or any form like cereal boxes, computer boxes, and soap boxes. It’s all recyclable. If you really want to help the environment, avoid using a dumpster for cardboard collection. Reuse it.

The process of recycling is very simple it turns used cardboard and paper into a pulp that is transformed into new paper items. Large cardboard boxes can be turned into any type of furniture from a coffee table or dining table to a TV stand or desk. Cardboard is an easy product to reuse as well.

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Cardboard packaging is one of the most common types of product packaging and also used for milk and groceries which we used in our daily routine life. It can be better for our environment.

Cardboard packaging is a natural product which is biodegradable and recyclable. Paper is the only packaging material which is mainly manufactured from the renewable sources .

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1. It reduces the pollution created by paper making factories.
2. Cardboard recycling saved the trees every year.
3. After recycling the cardboard we create new products and decrease the percentage of pollution which is great achievement. At lest we do some great job for our environment.
4. Recycling is the major step who saves our environment.

Water is a precious resource and the amount available for human needs and for the environment is limited, in dry or wet years. It’s our duty or responsibility to save our environment. The best way to save human needs and environment is Recycling. You know recycling can reduce water pollution isn’t interesting. I know you guys are more curious to know about that. No, problem let’s begin.

1) A lot of harmful chemicals and waste end up in the ocean because we have so much garbage. Recycling would reduce our garbage.

2) Some of the harmful chemicals in our garbage from landfills could seep into the ground, and eventually reach the oceans and other bodies of water as well as our groundwater. This pollutes the water.

3) If we recycled, we would need to produce fewer things since we would be reusing more.

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Recycling waste paper and paper products is one of the simplest ways of reducing pressure on the planet. While there are differences depending on the specific type of paper being recycled, recycling processes include the following steps:

1.Pulping: Adding water and applying mechanical action to separate fibers from each other.
2.Screening: Using screens, with either slots or holes, to remove contaminants that are larger than pulp fibers.
3.Washing: Small particles are removed by passing water through the pulp.
4.Bleaching: If white paper is desired, bleaching of wood pulp. Bleaching of wood pulp is the chemical processing carried out on various types of wood pulp to decrease the color of the pulp uses peroxide
5.Dissolved air flotation: Process water is cleaned for reuse.
6.Waste disposal: The unusable material left over, mainly ink, plastics, filler and short fibers, is called sludge. The sludge is buried in a landfill, burned to create energy at the paper mill or used as a fertilizer by local farmers.