Can glass bottle be recycled?

Can glass bottle be recycled?

Can glass bottles really be recycled?

The answer must be: Yes!

what glass bottles are recyclable？

One of the characteristics of the glass material is 100% recyclable, which is suitable for both the original use, but also can be transformed after processing. However, if not recycled, not only increase the load of landfill work, but also can not be decomposed by biological; such as into the incinerator treatment, may also cause damage to the furnace. Therefore, the recycling of glass bottles is particularly important.

Glass bottles have the advantages of strong barrier and high transparency, so they are widely used as packaging containers for beer, beverages, condiments and cosmetics. The market of these glass bottles is a special market where old and new bottles coexist, and old bottles are the majority. The recycling of glass bottles can create certain social benefits. For example, save energy.

How glass bottles are recycled？

One of the ways to recycle glass bottles: prototype reuse.

Glass bottles are still used as packaging containers, divided into the same thing packaging use and more things packaging use two forms. At present, the glass bottle packaging prototype reuse mainly for low-value and high-use commodity packaging, such as beer bottles, soft drink bottles, soy sauce bottles, vinegar bottles and some canning bottles. And as high-value liquor bottles, pharmaceutical (medical) bottles, cosmetic bottles are almost not recycled and reused. It can be said that the packaging recycling rate is inversely proportional to the value of the commodity, the higher the value of the commodity its glass bottle recycling rate is lower.

This method saves the cost of quartz raw materials consumed in the manufacture of new bottles and avoids the generation of large amounts of waste gas, which is worth advocating. But there is a large disadvantage, is the consumption of large amounts of water and energy, in the use of this method must be included in the cost of the cost of the budget.

Glass bottle recycling method No. 2: back to the furnace recycling.

Will be recycled to a variety of packaging glass bottles for similar or similar packaging bottle remanufacturing, which is essentially a glass bottle manufacturing to provide semi-finished raw materials for recycling.

The specific operation is the recycled glass bottles, the first preliminary cleaning, cleaning, pre-treatment such as classification by color. Then back to the furnace melting, the same as the original manufacturing process. Finally, the recycled material from the furnace is used to manufacture various glass packaging bottles through different processes such as blowing and adsorption. This is a recycling method for a variety of glass bottles that are difficult or impossible to reuse (e.g. broken glass bottles). Therefore, it is more energy-consuming.

Glass bottle recycling method No. 3: reuse of raw materials.

Various glass bottle packaging waste that can not be reused as a raw material utilization method for the manufacture of various glass products. Here the glass products are not only glass packaging products, but also include other building materials and daily glass products and other product waste.

The recycling of glass bottles in the fourth way: the transformation of the use.

Transformation is a much-needed recycling methods, pre-treated broken glass is processed into small particles of glass particles, there are a variety of uses:

1. glass fragments as a combination of road surface, in the United States and Canada has been after several years of experiments to confirm that the use of glass fragments as a road filler than with other materials have the ability to reduce the vehicle lateral slip accident; light reflection appropriate; road wear and tear situation is good; snow melts quickly, suitable for low temperature places.

2. Crushed glass is mixed with construction materials to make construction products such as prefabricated building parts and building bricks. It is proved that the dimensional accuracy and strength of the products pressed with organic substances as binder are high and the production cost is low.

 

Conclusion

Recycling and reuse of glass bottles, not only save resources and energy, but also reduce waste, so to protect the environment, but also need to use good glass products, in order to achieve sustainable development.