Recycle your glass this Bank Holiday
Residents are being called on to recycle glass rather than banish it to landfill while having a smashing time this Bank Holiday weekend.
With many parties and barbeques being planned for Bank Holiday weekend, Warwickshire Waste Partnership says people should make the most of kerbside recycling collections or the Recycling Centres to recycle wine and beer bottles.
Every tonne of glass recycled reduces CO2 by 270 kilograms and recycling just one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a 100 watt light bulb for almost an hour.
Glass sent to landfill will never rot away, but by recycling, it can be processed into more glass bottles and jars, construction products such as bricks and concrete blocks, ‘Glassphalt’ for road surfacing and ‘processed sand’.
Cllr Martin Heatley, Warwickshire County Council’s Portfolio Holder for the Environment, said: “Hopefully the weather will improve this weekend and people can get out and enjoy themselves. While doing this it would be great if they could make sure all the glass possible is recycled.”
For further information on recycling please visit http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/recycling. Alternatively telephone Warwickshire County Council’s Waste Minimisation Team on 01926 412458 or e-mail waste@warwickshire.gov.uk.