Recycling info
Glass Recycling Info
- Glass containers are 100 percent recyclable, can be recycled endlessly and recovered glass is used as the majority ingredient in new glass containers.
- Every ton of glass that is recycled results in one ton of raw materials saved to process new glass, including: 1,300 pounds of sand, 410 pounds of soda ash and 380 pounds of limestone.
- A recycled glass container can go from a recycling bin to a store shelf in as little as 30 days.
- A recycled glass container can go from a recycling bin to a store shelf in as little as 30 days.
- Cullet (recycled glass pieces) demands less energy from power sources like electricity, natural gas, and coal. Less energy used means reduced emissions of nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide, both greenhouse gases.
Aluminum Recycling Info
- A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days.
- Making new aluminum cans from used cans takes 95 percent less energy than using virgin materials.
- 20 recycled cans can be made with the energy needed to produce one can using virgin ore.
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for almost four hours or run your television for three hours.
- Tossing away an aluminum can wastes as much energy as pouring out half of that can’s volume of gasoline.
- Recycling aluminum cans saves precious natural resources, energy, time and money.
- Aluminum cans are unique: within 60 days, a can is recycled, turned into a new can and back on store shelves.
- Aluminum is a sustainable metal and can be recycled over and over again.
- Today it is cheaper, faster and more energy-efficient to recycle aluminum than ever before. The aluminum can is 100 percent recyclable and can be recycled indefinitely. The can remains the most recyclable of all materials.
