Glass Facts
According to the Glass Packaging Institute, glass containers are an environmentally superior packaging—nontoxic, high value, and completely recyclable.
100% recyclable
- Glass is 100% recyclable with no loss in quality or purity. Glass containers go from recycling bin to store shelf in as little as 30 days—again and again.
- In 2001, glass made up 5.5% of the municipal solid waste stream by weight, and of that, a full 22% of glass containers were recycled.
The environmental choice
- Made from domestically plentiful, nontoxic raw materials—silica, sand, soda ash, limestone and up to 70% recycled glass—glass is one of the safest packaging materials.
- And, recycling glass reduces consumption of raw materials, extends the life of plant equipment, such as furnaces, and saves energy.
Superior, light-weight packaging
- Glass it transparent, does not deteriorate, corrode, stain or fade. Find out why "the good stuff's" in glass.
- Today’s glass containers are also more than 40% lighter than they were 20 years ago.
Information from Glass Packaging Institute's web site at http://www.gpi.org.
