Pick on CO2.

Recycled glass is always part of the recipe for 'new' glass. Glass you put in the bottle-bank is used to make the same quality of new glass. This endless loop is a process which is aptly called cradle-to-cradle. It makes such good sense the glass industry adopted 35 years ago.

The more glass is recycled, the less energy and raw materials are consumed. Recycling glass reduces related air pollution by 20% and related water pollution by 50%.

• In 2006, Europe recycled 10.000.000 tonnes of glass. In terms of CO2 savings, this would correspond to taking 1.600.000 cars off the road!
• 1 tonne of recycled glass saves more than 300 kg of CO2 (1)
• Recycling a single bottle could power a PC for 25 minutes, a colour television for 20 minutes and a washing machine for 10 minutes! (2)

Recycling glass makes for a greener world. That's something we can all benefit from. Want to do more?

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(1) A value of 318 kg (Source COREVE) is used in this calculation, considered to be a conservative estimate based on current official calculation methodology available from Italy and considering only direct emissions. This means that far higher quantities of CO2 equivalent emissions are actually saved at European level when a full life cycle approach is applied. (2) Given an average weight of 263g, the saving per bottle is 85kWh. (source: British Glass)