What materials are involved in making new glass products?
sand
limestone
soda ash
all of the above
Which glass material can be recycled?
Food and beverage containers
Windows
Drinking cups
Eyeglasses
How should you dispose of a burned out light bulb?
Place in your recycling bin
Throw directly in the trash
Wrap with paper and then throw away
Rinse out then recycle
You should remove the lids from glass jars.
True
False
It depends!
How clean do your jars need to be before recycled?
It doesn't matter!
At least a little clean.
Mostly clean.
As clean as possible and dried out.
The color of the glass doesn't matter, it's all recycled together.
How many times can glass be recycled?
10-20
50-60
90-100
Indefinitely!
You can't recycle broken glass.
Why are less cities accepting glass in their single-stream collection?
Risk of contamination of broken glass
The weight of glass adds to hauling costs
It isn't cost effective
All of the above
Glass is one of the longest-lasting man-made materials.