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| Don't waste glass...... Reuse it or take it to a glass bank Glass has been around since 12,000 BC, but as a luxury item, from decorative Egyptians beads, to church windows in Europe after the Industrial Revolution. Today things have changed a great deal, and glass bottles and jars form a part of every day life. Once the contents have been used, there are a number of options of what to do with the empty container. Environmentally, the best option is to reuse glass containers. Glass milk bottles and some beer bottles are returnable for reuse. You could also buy in bulk and reuse the glass containers to hold coffee, tea, rice or pasta; store nails, tacks and other DIY items; use jars for jam, marmalade and pickles, or give them to a friend or organisation that can reuse them. Why not have a go at glass decorating to give as unique and imaginative presents? You could enter the Project Integra Glass Decorating Competition and win yourself a beautiful glass trophy and a glass prize or a voucher. If you would like further details please call Anne Green-Wilkinson on 01962 846629. Although bottle banks are well used by the majority of people in Hampshire, 4.2% of all the rubbish thrown in the bin is glass bottles and jars. If you can't reuse your glass bottles and jars then take them to your local bottle bank. These first appeared in the UK in 1977, and now there are over 20,000 bottle banks nationwide and as a result, the average glass bottle now contains over 25% recycled glass. Glass bottles or jars should be rinsed and all tops and corks removed before taking to the bottle bank. Try to take your recycling with you when you go to the supermarket, as most now have recycling banks. The glass should be sorted and placed in the correct colour bank. Please do not put light bulbs, glass cookware such as ‘Pyrex’, crockery, or flat glass in bottle banks as they melt at a different temperature and can distort the shape of the finished product. When the glass reaches the processing plant, contaminants are removed. It is then crushed and added to the raw materials in the melting furnace, then made into new products such as bottles and jars. Glass cullet can also be used in the construction industry for example as a base material in roads. WITH ALL THE EXTRA CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CHEER, BOTTLE BANKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY MAY BECOME VERY FULL. IT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP IF BOTTLES COULD BE STORED UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY, AND THEN TAKEN TO THE BOTTLE BANK. 19 November 1999 For further information please contact Anne Green-Wilkinson at Hampshire County Council on 01962 846629. |
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