recycle glass

At a college campus it is no secret that many beverages come from and are drank from glass bottles each week. The problem here is that a very high percentage of these are not recycled properly or at all. It is easy to do, but many people do not make the effort to keep a separate trash bag in their room for bottles. Whether this is because they feel they do not have the space, or just that they are to lazy, it can be easily done. Glass can be recycled forever, rather then the 4000 years it would take 1 glass bottle to decomose. Each glass bottle recycled makes a big difference. If just Elon started to recycle their bottles it would help a lot. Though many people know the importnace of recycling, not many know facts like these that may further help incourage them to live a more earth friendly, and better lifestyle....S

• -Glass can be recycled forever
• -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 1 glass bottle causes 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is made from raw materials
• -1 glass bottle would take at least 4,000 years to decompose
• -In 1994, if all the glass bottles / jars were laid end to end, it would reach the moon and half way back to earth!
• -Every month, Americans throw out enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a skyscraper
• http://www.gogreencommercially.com/go-green-facts/
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