{"id":165,"date":"2022-06-14T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-488984-2583592.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=165"},"modified":"2022-06-15T00:40:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T07:40:35","slug":"facts-about-glass-recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ollierecycles.com\/uk\/facts-about-glass-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About Glass Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Glass makes up about 9% of all the rubbish we throw away.<\/li><li>Glass bottles were originally made by hand-blowing them into different shapes. They have only been made by machines for the last hundred years or so.<\/li><li>The largest furnaces used to make glass can produce more than 400 tonnes of glass a day \u2013 that&#8217;s more than one million bottles and jars each day!<\/li><li>One bottle bank can hold up to 3,000 bottles before it needs to be emptied.<\/li><li>Glass bottles were originally made by hand-blowing them into different shapes. They have only been made by machines for the last hundred years or so.<\/li><li>On average, every family in the UK consumes around 500 glass bottles and jars every year \u2013 at the moment we recycle about 25% of these items.<\/li><li>Bottle banks appeared for the first time in the UK in 1977. There are now over 22,000 glass bottle banks around the nation.<\/li><li>Around 2 million tonnes of glass is produced each year in the UK. (There are approximately 3000 bottles and jars in a tonne.)<\/li><li>The largest furnaces used to make glass can produce more than 400 tonnes of glass a day \u2013 that&#8217;s more than one million bottles and jars each day!<\/li><li>The average glass bottle contains over 25% recycled glass.<\/li><li>Green glass bottles made in the UK contain at least 60%, and sometimes as much as 90%, recycled glass.<\/li><li>Glass bottles are up to 30% lighter today than they were ten years ago \u2013 this saves energy and raw materials.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glass makes up about 9% of all the rubbish we throw away. Glass bottles were originally made by hand-blowing them into different shapes. They have only been made by machines for the last hundred years or so. 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