Reducing Use of Glass
Chemistry: AQA GCSE Higher, topic 10.2.5
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:
Sort
- Glass products are sorted for recycling by splitting apart bottles with different colours and different chemistry.
Crush
Melt
Reshape
Test yourself on Reducing Use of Glass
What glass product can be reused as it is, without being recycled?
What do glass products get sorted by before being recycled?
What are the steps involved in recycling glass?
Recycling Glass