An Eco-Friendly Solution - Happy Can Bottle Depot

Recycling Glass Bottles - An Eco-Friendly Solution Happy Can Bottle Depot

Recycling glass is one of the many ways we can help reduce pollution and waste. Everyday we throw away tonnes of rubbish and glass is a significant part of it. Instead of letting landfills pile up with glass objects that are a threat to safety and the environment, we can use them again by returning them to your local bottle depot in Calgary to be recycled. And you can collect your refund in the process!

Glass can be melted down and made into many different types of new objects such as drinking glasses or new bottles and can even be turned into glass fibre. When the glass is taken to a manufacturing or recycling plant, it is broken up into smaller pieces called cullet.

The broken pieces are crushed, sorted, cleaned and prepared to be mixed with other raw materials like soda ash and sand. The raw materials and glass pieces are melted in a furnace and then shaped into moulds to make new bottles of different colours and sizes. New recycled bottles and jars are made in this way.

In Calgary, our deposit system encourages those who purchase glass bottles to return them to their nearest bottle depot for recycling. You can collect your glass bottles, along with cans, tetra paks and cartons, and return them to the bottle depot near me you for a refund. Once the bottles have been received by the bottle depot, they are then properly sorted and head to a recycling facility.

While recycling can sometimes take additional effort, it is well worth the results. Here are just some of the advantages of recycling glass bottles and how it is an eco-friendly solution.

Advantages ⚫ Savings of recycling is in the use of energy. Compared to making glass from raw materials for the first time, cullet melts at a lower temperature so we can save on energy needed to melt the glass - both the energy required and the costs. ⚫ Glass produced from recycled glass reduces related air pollution by 20% and related water pollution by 50%. ⚫ Recycling glass reduces the space in landfills that would otherwise be taken up by used bottles and jars.

⚫ Using glass for recycling means there are less glass objects lying around in the landfill or bins which can save on injuries and space.

Another great way to be more eco-friendly with our glass use is to reuse glass bottles for other options. Many drinking bottles come with resealable lids so they could be used to store other liquids in your household. Cleaned out glass bottles make great vases and can be repurposed in craft projects or used in your garden and garage. As long as a bottle is free of chips, it is safe to use for many other things to avoid recycling it until it is no longer of use to you.

When you have glass bottles that need to be recycled, head to your local bottle depot to return the bottles for your refund and ensure that they are properly disposed of for safety. This also allows them to be made into new glass bottles to save on energy consumption.