Interesting Facts:
GLASS
 In Florida, pulverized recycled glass from clear bottles, cups, windows, and
other glass products is now being used as a sand substitute to counteract the
beach erosion in Florida. Glass is originally made of sand, thus the recycled glass
is returning to its natural place in nature
Previous sand dredging to fill the beaches included about 13 million tons
since 1970. That's enough sand to fill the Empire State Building more than 12
times over. Using granulated glass instead prevents further sand dredging and
thus protects future marine habitats – UH Sustainability
 Beaches on Lake Hood in New Zealand and on the Dutch Caribbean island of
Curacao already use recycled glass to combat erosion – UH Sustainability
 Recycling one glass jar saves enough electricity to run a 60-watt light bulb for
four hours or an 11-watt compact fluorescent bulb for 20 hours. It also causes
20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is
made from raw materials – National Recycling Coalition
 A modern glass bottle would take 4000
years or more to decompose -- and even
longer if it's in the landfill. Recycle it,
and it can be recycled an indefinite
number of times and never wears out
– National Recycling Coalition
 Mining and transporting raw materials
for glass produces about 385 pounds of
waste for every ton of glass that is
made. If recycled glass is substituted for
half of the raw materials, the waste is
cut by more than 80% - Recycling-revolution.com