The Facts: Glass

One ton of recycled glass saves:

• 42 kWh of electricity.
• 5 gallons of oil.
• 714.3 Btu’s of energy.
• 2 cubic yards of landfill space.
• 7.5 pounds of air pollutants from being released.
• 1,330 pounds of sand.
• 433 pounds of soda ash.
• 433 pounds of limestone.
• 151 pounds of feldspar.

Glass takes 1,000,000 years to fully degrade in a landfill.

Recycling glass takes 30% of the energy required to produce glass from raw materials.

The United States throws away enough glass every week to fill a 1,350-foot building.

Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt lightbulb for four hours.

Glass never wears out and can be recycled forever.