Recycling glass

Description:

An interesting overview of what happens to discarded glass. Also use: Recycling Paper (1991). Library of Congress Summary. Discusses the problems caused by the manufacture and disposal of glass products, and proposes methods for recycling them to reduce such threats. Advocating recycling, this series takes a pragmatic approach to the problems of waste disposal. Detailing the hazards of landfills and incinerators and explaining how the recycling of everyday items can reduce these environmental and health dangers, each book strives to encourage discussion and action and also includes suggestions for further activities and lists organizations to contact. Includes a glossary and an index.

subjects: Glass waste,  Glass manufacture,  Juvenile literature,  Environmental aspects,  Recycling,  Recycling (Waste)