Glass bottle recycling The amount of glass bottle recycling is increasing every year, but the amount of this recycling is huge and immeasurable.
According to the Glass Packaging Association: The energy saved by recycling a glass bottle can make a 100-watt light bulb light for 4 hours, run a computer for 30 minutes, and watch a TV program for 20 minutes, so recycling glass is a significant thing.
Glass bottle recycling saves energy, reduces landfill waste capacity, and can provide more raw materials for other products, including glass bottles, of course. About 2.5 billion pounds of plastic bottles were recycled in 2009, with a recycling rate of only 28 percent, according to the Chemical Products Council's National Consumer Plastic Bottle Report.
