Everyday, about thirteen million bottles and other glass products are collected by garbage collectors from houses nationwide.
Most of these products are sent to recycling centers or through curbside programs from where they are delivered to reprocessing plants.
Many recycling centers have stations located at accessible places where these materials can be sorted according to color, since reprocessing techniques are based on its color.
Glass recycling is an endless and cyclic process.
Unlike other garbage, they can be recycled over and over again without changing its chemical composition and physical properties, unless some other materials are mixed during the process.
The government's curbside programs have helped in reducing wastes dumped into landfills every year.
In fact, because of it, the percentage of glass waste reduction, which is originally attributed to glass reusing, has tremendously improved.
At home, there are many objects that are made of glass.
Some are for decorative purposes such as jars, frames and window panes, and others are for common amenities such as cups, pitchers, beverage bottles and dinnerware.
These materials have different levels of fragility, so some products break easier than others.
Simple mishandling can cause dinnerware to shatter into pieces.
However, by simply following curbside programs about glass garbage disposal, broken dinnerware can be sent to reprocessing plants to be made into other glass products.
When disposing this type of product, such as dinnerware, it is important to rinse them properly before placing them in the garbage bag.
Rinsing will remove crumbs that might invite insects or can cause foul odors that can remain on the recycled dinnerware.
Lead bottle caps must be removed from bottles.
Metal caps have higher melting resistance than glass.
If these metals or plastics are not removed, they can leave dregs in the mixture and affect the clearness of the finished recycled glass dinnerware.
It's okay not to remove paper labels, because they can easily be segregated mechanically by the machine, and it can be burnt away when melting glass debris.
After placing all of these materials in a separate bag, bring the bag to any recycling centers.
The bottles and broken glasses can be segregated through containers provided outside the recycling centers.
These will then be sent to the reprocessing plants to be manufactured into new products, such as recycled glass dinnerware.
Most of these products are sent to recycling centers or through curbside programs from where they are delivered to reprocessing plants.
Many recycling centers have stations located at accessible places where these materials can be sorted according to color, since reprocessing techniques are based on its color.
Glass recycling is an endless and cyclic process.
Unlike other garbage, they can be recycled over and over again without changing its chemical composition and physical properties, unless some other materials are mixed during the process.
The government's curbside programs have helped in reducing wastes dumped into landfills every year.
In fact, because of it, the percentage of glass waste reduction, which is originally attributed to glass reusing, has tremendously improved.
At home, there are many objects that are made of glass.
Some are for decorative purposes such as jars, frames and window panes, and others are for common amenities such as cups, pitchers, beverage bottles and dinnerware.
These materials have different levels of fragility, so some products break easier than others.
Simple mishandling can cause dinnerware to shatter into pieces.
However, by simply following curbside programs about glass garbage disposal, broken dinnerware can be sent to reprocessing plants to be made into other glass products.
When disposing this type of product, such as dinnerware, it is important to rinse them properly before placing them in the garbage bag.
Rinsing will remove crumbs that might invite insects or can cause foul odors that can remain on the recycled dinnerware.
Lead bottle caps must be removed from bottles.
Metal caps have higher melting resistance than glass.
If these metals or plastics are not removed, they can leave dregs in the mixture and affect the clearness of the finished recycled glass dinnerware.
It's okay not to remove paper labels, because they can easily be segregated mechanically by the machine, and it can be burnt away when melting glass debris.
After placing all of these materials in a separate bag, bring the bag to any recycling centers.
The bottles and broken glasses can be segregated through containers provided outside the recycling centers.
These will then be sent to the reprocessing plants to be manufactured into new products, such as recycled glass dinnerware.
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