RECYCLE

Recycling Aluminum

Some of the world's leading suppliers of metal packaging to the beverage and food industries are located here in Ohio. A large amount of the aluminum that Ohioans recycle is used again by manufacturers within our state.

Most of our aluminum beverage cans head to primary aluminum smelters, where they are mixed with raw materials to produce recycled material and eventually end up as cans again. Other scrap aluminum, from metal filings to old lawn chairs and engine blocks, go to secondary aluminum smelters for recycling.

Recycling Glass

Much of Ohio's recycled container glass is shipped out of state - some to Indiana to be used in glassphalt and some to Pennsylvania to be made into new bottles and jars. The rest goes to glass-making plants and manufacturers within Ohio.

Some specialty types of glass, such as automotive glass, window glass and the leaded glass from television and computer monitors, are also recyclable. Each year, 8,000 tons of this glass is collected in Ohio, mainly through electronic collection programs across the state.

This specialty glass must be handled separately from glass jars and bottles, and is processed back into CRT glass - a 100% recycled-content product.

In Washington County, Ohio, one company has found another novel use for old glass – by turning it into marbles! The company is one of the world’s biggest makers of glass playing marbles and uses around 1,000 tons of recycled glass each year.

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