Can you imagine that you can make money through your used bottles? Yes it is absolutely true. You can do it by recycling the used bottles. Hence, never throw your bottle into the dustbin, when they are no longer in use. You can even earn money in the exchange of your waste bottles.

One of the largest components of the industrial and household waste is the glass. It is used in packaging food items and countless number of other accessories like lenses, dishes, mirrors, windows, and light bulbs. Glass is produced by heating sand, lime and soda ash simultaneously. The whole process involved huge emission of fossil fuels.

Recycling Of the Glass

The glass is non-renewable and recycling of the glass is a great environmentally friendly initiative. This helps in protecting the environment up to great extent. The process of glass recycling involves taking old glass products and converting it into a new reusable glass product. It involves 40 % less consumption of energy as compared to manufacturing completely new glass product.

Benefits of Recycling

The statistics reveals that Germany is a very eco-friendly country and recycles around 40% of its glass. The several benefits associated with recycling of the glass are,

It can be recycled again and again without losing its quantity and quality.
Recycling of one glass bottle can provide enough power that is sufficient for 100 watt bulb for an hour.
Reduces pollution by 14 20%.
Reduces the dependency on natural resources and oil.
During recycling one can save 151 pounds of feldspar, 433 pounds of limestone, 433 pounds of soda ash, and 1,330 pounds of sands.

Steps for Recycling

The steps involved in the process of recycling are,

Step-1: People throw glass into the recycle bin.

Step -2: Glass from the bin is transported to the treatment plant.

Step-3: At the treatment plant it is sorted by the color, and all the undesirable impurities are washed away.

Step-4: The glass is crushed, melted and molded into new products such as containers, jars and bottles.

Step-5: It is sent back into the shop for the reuse.

You Can Make Extra Bucks

There are several companies involved in the process of recycling. The glass transported to the recycling company can be in the form of milk containers, beer cans or bottles. The benefits an individual get out of the whole process is that, he not only get rid of his waste, but also make, extra bucks out of it.