10.2.4

Reducing Use of Metal and Glass

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Reducing the Use of Glass

Some glass products, such as bottles, can be reused as they are (in their current form). Glass products that can’t be reused can be recycled to make other glass products. The process of recycling glass involves four steps:

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  • Glass products are sorted for recycling by splitting apart bottles with different colours and different chemistry.

Recycling Metals

The process of recycling metals involves melting and then reshaping the metal. Recycling is preferable to mining and extracting new resources for the following reasons:

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