Glass packaging
Items that can be put in the container for glass:
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food jars, drinks bottles, cosmetics bottles,
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glass jars in which food was preserved,
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other glass packaging.
Items that CANNOT BE PUT in the container for glass:
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window glass, windscreen glass and other flat glass,
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mirrors, crystal glass and screen glass,
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glass from lights (neon lights, halogen lights and light bulbs, glass lamp shades),
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plexiglass, carbonic acid glass and other types of glass from man-made materials,
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laboratory glassware and other flame-proof glass, stones etc.),
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ceramics, china.
Glass can be 100 per cent recycled and re-used and its quality does not decrease. By recycling only 1 bottle, we save enough energy for power a 100 W bulb for four hours, 1 t waste glass replaces ca. 1.2 t raw material. For the production of 1 new glass, 140 L of oil is needed.