Collection and recovery data
The collecting and recycling of waste glass is a perfect example of a sustainable business as waste glass is an important raw material for the production of new glass bottles and jars.
Economical benefits
The financial benefits for industry as well as citizens are evident: Waste glass used as a secondary raw material in glass production lowers demand for the more expensive primary raw materials needed to produce new glass. Further more recycling of waste glass is cheaper than depositing it.
Environmental benefits
Using waste glass instead of primary raw materials for the production of glass bottles and jars helps to protect the environment.
The savings of gas reduces CO2-emission. Therefore glass recycling helps to reach the targets after Kyoto-protocol.
new glass bottles made from old ones
| Collection and recovery of glass packaging in Austria 2010 | |
|---|---|
| total amount of collected and recovered waste glass | 227,700 tons |
| amount of collected and recovered waste glass from private households | 207,100 tons |
| waste glass collected from private households per capita | 25 kg/a |
| public glass bottle banks (roughly) | 80,000 |
| recycling quota | 85% |
| Raw materials saved in 2010 resulting from glass recycling | |
|---|---|
| quartz sand (Tons) | 159,000 |
| limestone and dolomite (Tons) | 51,000 |
| soda (Tons) | 40,000 |
| volume of exploitation (m³) | 557,000 |
| volume of deposit (m³) | 207,000 |
| electrical energy (kWh, in millions) | 218,000,000 |
| gas / (m³, in millions) | 5,800,000 |