glass recycling
Reprocessing transparent containers
Glass recycling is the process of collecting and reprocessing used glass containers and products into new materials.
Unlike many recyclables, glass can be recycled indefinitely without losing quality.
Crushed recycled glass, called cullet, melts at lower temperatures than raw materials, saving energy in manufacturing: The city's glass recycling program accepts bottles and jars but not window glass.
- culletRecycled broken glass
- silicaSilicon dioxide compound
- vitrificationTransformation into glass
- waste managementRefuse collection and disposal
- circular economyRegenerative resource management model
closed loop · renewable resources · composting · annealing · pollution reduction · curbside collection · bottle bank · bottle deposit · fragments · carbon footprint · shards · sorting facilities · brown · quality control · bins · sustainable · deposit · reuse
- resource conservationenergy saving, composting, reusing, rainwater harvesting, insulation
- environmental serviceswaste management, remediation, air quality, water treatment, pollution control
- glass sciencevitrification, non-crystalline, borosilicate, lead crystal, annealing
- recyclingrecycle, recycle bin, recyclable, MRF, single-stream
- waste managementwaste, trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse
- waste facilitytrash compactor, dumpsters, compost bin, weigh station, conveyor belt
glass recyclingincineration
Burning waste to ash
illegal dumping · ocean dumping · littering · dumping · garbage disposal
glass recyclingresource depletion
Exhausting available materials gradually
throwaway culture · sand mining · pollution · planned obsolescence