Even with today's
recycling programs, billions of
glass bottles end up in landfills every year, prompting the researchers to ask whether silicon dioxide in waste beverage
bottles could provide high purity silicon nanoparticles for lithium - ion batteries.
Through the old garage doors overflowing in plants and lush greenery, there were enticing items like affordable plant containers, organic candles in
recycled glass bottle bottoms, seed packages, gardening books, and
even jars of old buttons ready for a DIY jewelry project.