Glass is made by melting together silica sand the main ingredient and combining soda ash and limestone in a furnace at very high temperatures.<\/p>\n
Glass is 100% refillable, reusable and recyclable<\/p>\n
Recycle glass containers, the crushed glass cullet can be used for:<\/p>\n
Glass recycling conserves energy and environment<\/strong><\/p>\n Every tonne of recycled glass used preserves 1.2 tonnes of raw materials. Re-melting cullet for new containers, energy is greatly reduced. 315 kg of CO2 would be saved per tonne of recycled glass.<\/p>\n Recycle one glass container; we’ll save energy to power<\/strong><\/p>\n Source: British Glass, http:\/\/www.britglass.org.uk\/Files\/Recycling\/GlassRecCounts.pdf<\/a> HK low recovery rate<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2008, HK recovered about 1% of waste glass bottles while Hongkongers dispose about 300 tonne of waste glass in the landfills every day. The recovery figure turned better in 2009 reached 2.6% but HK still far behind Mainland and Taiwan.<\/p>\n Waste glass is expected to increase corresponding to the rapid growth of wine consumption, predictably 32% on rise in 2012 in consonance with alcohol tariff lift in 2008 and HK regional wine hub promotion. It implies more glass bottles will be dumped. 5 problems would be resulted:<\/p>\n Source: Monitoring of Solid Waste in Hong Kong. HKSAR Environmental Protection Department: 2008 & 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Glass is made by melting together silica sand the main ingredient and combining soda ash and limestone in a furnace at very high temperatures. Glass is 100% refillable, reusable and recyclable Recycle glass containers, the crushed glass cullet can be … Continue reading \n
\n\tLife Cycle Analysis: Glass Recycling. British Glass
\n\tThe Best Environmental Use. British Glass<\/p>\n\n