Glass bottles turn waste into treasure to see how they are used

It is understood that at present, there is no unified standard for glass recycling in China. Due to the lack of sorting of garbage and transshipment, and the increase of logistics and labor costs, glass recycling is still a difficult problem to be solved. Although some institutions or enterprises will start to pay attention to this matter and are studying feasible solutions, it is still far from the ideal state.

The characteristic of glass material is that it can be 100% recyclable, which is suitable for the original purpose and can also be used after processing. However, if it is not recycled, it will not only increase the load of landfill work, but also cannot be decomposed by organisms; if it is disposed of in an incinerator, it may also cause damage to the furnace body. Therefore, the recycling of glass bottles, from the perspective of environmental protection, is a major event that benefits the country and the people.

Due to the advantages of high transparency and strong barrier properties, glass bottles are widely used as packaging containers for beer, beverages, condiments and cosmetics. With the continuous improvement of the technical level of the glass industry, they will be used in a wider range of fields. The existing glass bottle market is a special market where old and new bottles coexist. The most common is the reuse of beer bottles and beverage bottles. The social benefits created by the recycling of glass bottles include: energy saving, reduction of glass waste landfill, reduction of the mining of glass raw materials, and reduction of waste gas emissions in the glass smelting process. At present, the recycling methods of glass bottles include: prototype reuse, refurbishment, raw material reuse and transformation.

In recent years, the output of daily glass has been on an upward trend, which also implies an increase in the use of glass bottles. Glass bottles are a common item in the kitchen in home life. Although the recycling of glass bottles is increasing every year, it is far from enough compared with countries that pay attention to environmental protection. Whether the used glass bottles should be recycled and reused to save resources and achieve sustainable development, or let them become household garbage and cause waste of resources, is a big problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Recycling glass bottles not only saves energy and reduces the volume of waste in landfills, but also provides more raw material for other products. As far as the daily glass industry is concerned, vigorously developing the recycling and reuse of waste glass is an important part of the construction of a circular economy system. It is estimated that the energy saved by recycling a glass bottle can make a 100-watt light bulb light up for 4 hours, run a computer for 30 minutes, and watch TV programs for 20 minutes, so recycling glass is a meaningful big thing.