Sentences with phrase «percent recycled glass»

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As a result, 40 percent of aluminum, plastic and glass containers are recycled in the United States, up nine percentage points in the last seven years.

America's leading beverage companies are producing 100 percent recyclable aluminum, plastic and glass beverage containers — even the plastic caps can be recycled.

Plus, recycling programs for glass bottles and jars are available to 81 percent of the U.S. population.

Chris Leach, operations director of the state fair, credited the American Beverage Association with increasing recycling containers at the fair by nearly 50 percent and estimated an, «increased collection of nearly 400,000 bottles and plastic cups over the course of the fair, increasing plastic and glass recycling by 22 percent.»

Made from 100 - percent post-consumer recycled glass, the bowls are completely non-toxic, exceedingly durable and available in three colors.

Located in Berkeley, Calif., the company designs and produces 100 - percent post-consumer, recycled glass bowls for dogs and cats.

A refillable glass bottle used over and over requires about 10 percent as much energy per use as an aluminum can that is recycled.

No, we rounded out our tour with a visit to one of the most sophisticated recycling centers in all of Latin America — one that uses a GPS tracking system, state - of - the - art glass and plastic grinders, and one that regularly recycles a whopping 30 percent of the Galapagos» most populated island's waste.For a frame of reference, that's the same rate that we recycle back in the US, and the standard of living in the Galapagos is far beneath ours.

So why is the glass recycling rate (34 percent) half that of aluminum cans (67 percent)?

Many aspects of the building — from the reclamation of a brownfields site directly facing the Capitol to the 19 percent recycled content in the building's stunning green curtain wall of high - efficient «smart» glass — meld environmental awareness and good design.