At more than 2,500 years old, glass bottles are one of the oldest forms of packaging. Glass containers can be re-used many times and recycled indefinitely.
There are 3 main ingredients in glass, sand, soda ash and limestone.
There are significant environmental and economic benefits to recycling glass.
- It takes 75% less energy to make a product from recycled glass, than from raw materials
- Energy saved from recycling 1 bottle can power a 15 watt globe for a full 24 hours – reducing energy usage means reducing greenhouse gas emissions which means slowing down global warming.
- Reducing the use of natural materials to make glass means less drilling, digging and destruction of conservation land.