Recycling

Overview

While useful recycling is generally outweighed by instead by the other two facets of the expression: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.”

Materials

Glass

As a general rule, every 10% increase in cullet1 usage results in an energy savings of 2–3% in the melting process, with a theoretical maximum potential of 30% energy saving.

Plastic

TODO

Metal

TODO

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Footnotes

  1. Scrap glass material. See Words & Definitions ↩