Facility that allows for selective collection of municipal waste when a residential collection service or specific bins on the street are not available.
Plate glass
Plate glass
Where?
Recycling center / Green Point
Which process is carried out?
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Specialised company: Glass bottles and jars
A specialised company selects the glass by colour and grounds it to obtain calcite or shattered glass. This is then taken to glass factories
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Manufacturer
Once it reaches the factory, recycled glass is made again. It needs a much lower melting temperature when compared to original material and this provides significant energy savings.
What does it become?
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glass flat
Plate glass for windows, frames
