{"id":579,"date":"2014-08-13T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T16:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=579"},"modified":"2020-10-13T10:57:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:57:49","slug":"fast-facts-glass-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=579","title":{"rendered":"Fast Facts: Glass Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Glass almost never wears out \u2013 it can be recycled forever. It takes approximately one million years for a glass bottle to break down at the landfill<\/li><li>Bottles and jars made from glass are 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss of quality.<\/li><li>We save over a ton of resources for every ton of glass recycled &#8212; 1,330 pounds of sand, 433 pounds of soda ash, 433 pounds of limestone, and 151 pounds of feldspar.<\/li><li>Most bottles and jars contain at least 25% recycled glass.<\/li><li>In 2011, 34% of all glass containers were recycled.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Approximately 8 out of 10 households recycle, and of those that do, 82% recycle glass bottles and jars.<\/li><li>An estimated 80% of recovered glass containers are made into new glass bottles, and it can happen quickly. A glass container can go from a recycling bin to a store shelf in as little as 30 days.<\/li><li>The use of recycled glass is more environmentally friendly than new. Recycling just one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours, or power a television for 20 minutes.<\/li><li>For every six tons of recycled container glass used in the manufacturing process, one ton of carbon dioxide creation is avoided.<\/li><li>There are 48 glass manufacturing plants operating in 22 states. On average, a typical glass processing facility can handle 20 tons of color-sorted glass per hour.<\/li><li>About 39% of beer and soft drink bottles were recovered for recycling in 2009, according to the U.S. EPA. Also recovered were about 18.1% of wine and liquor bottles as well as almost 18% of food jars. In total, 31.1% of all glass containers were recycled.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on recycling, go to our website, Pennsylvania\u2019s recycling website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dep.state.pa.us\/dep\/deputate\/airwaste\/wm\/recycle\/recycle.htm\">http:\/\/www.dep.state.pa.us\/dep\/deputate\/airwaste\/wm\/recycle\/recycle.htm<\/a> or google padep recycling), or the County recycling website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montcopa.org\/index.aspx?NID=637\">http:\/\/www.montcopa.org\/index.aspx?NID=637<\/a> or google Montgomery county recycling).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recycling is Required<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Municipal and state regulations require that residents, commercial establishments and non-residential establishments recycle all recyclable materials.&nbsp; Commonly recycled materials include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Paper \u2013 newspaper, office\/copy paper, glossy paper, color paper, cardboard, junk mail, phone books, magazines, regular and junk mail, cereal\/cracker boxes<\/li><li>Plastic \u2013 bottles and containers No. 1-7<\/li><li>Glass \u2013 clear, green and brown containers<\/li><li>Metal \u2013 aluminum, steel, tin, and bimetal cans and containers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You should check with your hauler for a complete list of accepted recyclable materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glass almost never wears out \u2013 it can be recycled forever. It takes approximately one million years for a glass&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=579\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fast Facts: Glass Recycling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,8],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recyclingnews","tag-glass","tag-recycling-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}