Recycling Centre
What happens to the glass we put into the glass bank?
Where does it go?
The bottle and jars are collected
from the glass bank by lorries.
The lorries keep the glass separated
from the glass bank by lorries.
The bottles and jars arrive at the factory
from the glass bank by lorries
where they are crushed and cleaned.
Non-glass items are thrown out
The crushed glass is called cullet.
High temperatures in the furnace
melt the glass
Using old glass in the
furnace saves energy.
The melted glass is made into new
bottles and jars.
The new bottles and jars are checked
for faults.
The bottles and jars are then sent
to be filled.
When the bottles and jars have been filled
they are sent to the shops to be sold.
We buy the new bottles and jars from the
shop and take them back to the glass bank.
The cycle begins again
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