Glass recycling is one of the oldest and more popular of the forms of recycling that goes on. It wasn’t that long ago when you could return used bottles on the promise of a few pennies. Most recycled glass is turned into what is called glass cullet. This is
very fine ground up glass that can be used to produce other glassware,
such as new bottles. Glass shards from broken bottles are also being mixed with asphalt for
road base. Recycling glass saves energy. Making glass from raw material
such as soda and pot ash requires the material to be heated to 1800
degrees and then held for 45 minutes. When remanufacturing glass, the
glass pellets need only be heated to 1400 degrees.
But old glass and bottles can be used for more decorative items too......
What a beautiful counter top! - Link
Or recycled into art - Link
Glass Tiles can be extremely beautiful -
can't you see them as bathroom tile?? - Link
Recycled glass plates don't have to look boring or cloudy,
nice innovative shape and pattern! - Link
More glass tiles, these look like sea glass.... love the green shades! - Link
This was from a DIY website about adding your own
glass cullets into your cement. (It sounded like it was a little work-y,
but ok if you liked to pay attention to details) - Link
and what an unusual fence! Above, how it looks,
below, a closeup of the bottles. - Link
What have you found to use your recycled glass items for?
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