Facts
1. Glass is mostly made from heating and moulding sand
2. The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle will light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours.
3. Adding old glass to batches of new glass reduces the energy requirement by 25%. as the old glass melts quickly so less energy is needed.
4. Glass produced from recycled glass instead of new raw material reduces Air pollution by 20% Water pollution by 50%
5. Glass takes a long time to breakdown in a landfill. It may still be around 1000 years from now. It also take up a great deal of space in the landfill.
6. Other products made from recycled glass bottles include insulating materials for walls and roofs, and materials to build roads.
7. New Zealanders use 189,005 tonnes of glass a year and recycles 92,825 tonnes, that means about 49% of glass is recycled in N.Z.

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