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Founded in 1919, the Glass Container Association of America, GPI is the trade association that represents the container industry in North American glass.
In a world of toxic threats, why glass is the responsible choice to help protect your health and the environment for the generations that follow.
The life cycle of the glass from natural raw materials, the manufacture, by recycling in a closed loop defines the environmental standard for packaging.
View a map manufacturers, processors cullet recycling and places to find information by geographical area.
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Glass is recyclable to 100 and can be recycled infinitely without loss of quality or purity - something few food and beverage packaging can claim.
Glass is recyclable to 100 and can be recycled infinitely without loss of quality or purity.
Glass is made from household materials readily available, such as sand, soda ash, limestone and cullet, the term of the loan recycled glass furnace industry.
The only material used in larger that the cullet is sand volumes These materials are mixed, or in batches, heated to a temperature of 2600 to 2800 degrees Fahrenheit and molded into the desired shape.
The recycled glass may be substituted up to 95 raw materials.
Manufacturers benefit from the recycling of several ways recycled glass reduces emissions and consumption of raw materials, extends the life of the plant equipment, such as furnaces, and save energy.
recycled glass containers are still needed because the glass manufacturers need high recycled glass packaging quality to meet market demand for new glass containers.
Recycled glass is always part of the recipe for glass, and is used, the higher the reduction of the energy used in the oven This makes the use of recycled glass profitable in the long run by reducing costs for glass container manufacturers and enjoy the environment.
Glass containers for food and drinks are 100 recyclable, but not with other types of glass Other types of glass, such as windows, dishes, Pyrex, crystal, etc. are manufactured by a different process if these materials are introduced in the process of manufacturing glass containers, they can cause problems in production and defective containers.
cullet ready oven must be free of contaminants such as metals, ceramics, gravel, stones, etc.
color sorting makes a difference, as glass manufacturers are limited in the amount of mixed color cullet called 3 mixture that can be used to make new containers separating glass packaging recycled by color allows the industry ensure that the new bottles match the color standard required by the glass container customers.
Some recycled glass containers are not able to be used in the manufacture of new glass bottles and jars or to fiberglass perhaps because there is too much contamination or recycled glass pieces are too small to meet manufacturing specifications, or, it may be that there is not a nearby market for recycling bottle to bottle it recovered glass is used for non-container glass products These secondary uses for containers recycled glass tile may include, filtration, sandblasting, concrete pavements and parking lots.
The approach to recycling that promotes the industry is a recycling program that translates recycled glass without contaminating This ensures that the materials are recycled into new glass containers While the collection of recyclable materials in glass can generate a high turnout and large amounts of recyclables, drop-off and collection of commercial programs tend to produce the recovered glass top quality containers.
bottles and jars are recyclable to 100 and can be recycled indefinitely without loss of purity or quality.
Containers and fiberglass industries collectively buy 3 million tons a year of recycled glass, which is consolidated and reoriented for use in the production of new containers and fiberglass products.
More than a ton of natural resources are saved for every ton of recycled glass.
Energy costs down by about 2-3 per 10 cullet used in the manufacturing process.
One tonne of carbon dioxide is reduced for every six tons of recycled glass containers used in the manufacturing process.
There are 46 glass manufacturing plants operating in 22 states 16 companies operate 51 enrichment glass facilties aka glass processing plants in 27 states in glass processing plants, recycled glass is cleaned and sorted according to the specifications and sold the glass container companies manfuacturing for remelting into new containers for food and beverages.
In 2013, 41 3 of the beer and soft drink bottles were recovered for recycling, according to the EPA 34 5 other wine and liquor bottles 15 and the food and other glass jars were recycled total of 34 of all glass containers were recycled, equivalent to taking 210,000 cars off the road each year.
States with container deposit laws have container recycling rate average glass of just over 63, while non-deposit states only reach about 24, according to the Container Recycling Institute.
Beverage container deposit systems provide 11 to 38 times more jobs than direct collection systems for recycling beverage containers Source Institute of recycling containers, return to work Understand the impact of the work from different recycling methods Beveage containers.
About 18 drinks are consumed on the spot, like a bar, restaurant or hotel and glass makes up about 80 of the mixing container.
In 2008, North Carolina passed a law requiring all holders of a liquor license to recycle their beverage containers Since then, they have increased the amount of glass bottles recovered for recycling 45 000 tons year before the ABC law to over 86,000 tons in 2011.
Glass bottles have been reduced in weight about 40 over the past 30 years.
Recycled glass is substituted for up to 95 raw materials.
Manufacturers benefit from recycling in many ways, it reduces emissions and consumption of raw materials, extends the life of the plant equipment, such as furnaces, and save energy.
An estimated 80 of all glass containers collected for recycling are remelted in ovens, and used in the manufacture of new glass containers Source, Strategic Materials, Inc.
Recycling 1,000 tons of glass creates a little over 8 jobs Source 2011 Container Recycling Institute.
June 24, 2015 - GPI glass for recycling encourages Baton Rouge, LA.
In June 2015, the Department of Energy DOE released a highly anticipated report to Congress and the accompanying study that highlights both the collection and related recycling sorting process, and how to use recycled glass in the manufacturing process reduces energy consumption in the glass container manufacturing facilities Click here to read the GPI 1-Pager, highlighting the relevant sections on glass recycling.
See list of recycling State Organizations SRO This list was developed by GPI to provide information to individuals, communities, municipalities and businesses seeking information on where and how to recycle glass recycling is often a local issue, SROs have a wealth of in- state information on the collection, sorting, treatment and end markets for recycled glass This list is being June 2015.
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