How glass container are produced and recyled?


The diagram describes the process of production and recycling of glass containers.

Overall, the process consists of 9 stages, beginning with mixing sand, soda, ash, limestone and other chemicals, the process ending with moulding into the new product. 

The first step of  glass production process is all the materials consists of sand, soda ash, limestone, other chemicals are mixed. After that, put all the materials that had been mixed into glass furnace to be melted, where the temperature falls approximately to 1500 C. The molten glass is then blown and shaped to be a glass container.

The next stage of glass recycling process is begun with all the used glasses are collected. Following this, the glasses is shorted by each color. Next, the products are washed to remove the impurities. Subsequently, the products are crushed and melted. Finally, the products is moulded into new products and ready for used.

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