Interesting Things to Know About Glass-Based Waste Disposal

by Andrew Lope Business promotion

One of the very frequent waste material that waste collection companies come across is the glass that is not just risky, but also, very fragile at the same time. The good news regarding this material is that it can be recycled and as you recycle one tonne of glass, you save 1.2 tonnes of virgin material used for manufacturing glass. There is a big list of these virgin materials, but the most common inclusions are sand and soda ash and both of them are eco-friendly materials. This is the reason why waste disposal agencies have both options in terms of glass, i.e. dispose it at landfill sites after proper treatment and recycle it and mostly agencies choose the latter one. Recycling the glass coming in the collected waste is an exciting process and you need to know some very important things about the process that we have discussed here in this post.

Not All Glass Can Actually Be Recycled

Yes, this is a fact that ordinary humans don’t know, but waste disposal Adelaide agencies are fully aware of. Not all kinds of glass are 100 percent recyclable and only bottle, jars; etc. can be recycled 100 percent. In other words, items such as microwave turntables, ovenware, crystal glass, mirrors and light bulbs can’t be recycled. The reason cited by the experts is that these glasses have chemicals that prevent them from melting at the temperature at which, bottles and jars can start melting.

The Size

Experts from rubbish removal agencies recommend that before recycling the glass, its size is something that you should consider very carefully. The reason is that most recycling plants have facilities to work down the glass of 8mm in size; but then, some machines can recycle glass with the width of more than 45mm as well. Smaller bits of glass are crushed into a finer powder at the recycling plant.

Most Glasses Can Be Recycled Infinitely

We discussed above about some glass types that recycling centres don’t entertain, but whatever glass type they can recycle are basically those that can be recycled infinitely. This means that these types of glass can be melted down and reprocessed an unlimited amount of times and during this, their quality, purity or durability will remain unaffected. This is way better than several types of plastics that can be recycled 7-9 times and even paper that can be recycled just 4-6 times.

Recycled Glass Is Sorted By Colour

According to waste disposal management agency experts, this is a fact that recycled glass is sorted by colour because differently coloured glasses are made upon different components. However, the modern-day recycling centres and machines are smart enough to do this on their own and hence, no human effort is required for the same. This is actually the benefit that is given the name of commingled recycling.

Failing To Recycle Glass Can Do More Harm

In the absence of proper treatment before disposing at landfill sites along with other rubbish removal, glass can be a bigger nuisance than plastic. A plastic material can take up to 1000 years at a landfill site to biodegrade completely and quite shockingly, a piece of glass would take a minimum of 4000 years to biodegrade completely. This fact makes it very important that waste disposal Adelaide agencies mainly rely upon recycling the glass rather than disposing at landfill sites in any way.