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2. Bottle recycling - Wikipedia

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   Recycled glass is a necessity, as without it, manufacturers would not be able to keep up with the demand for new glass containers. [2] Recycling one glass bottle can save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes. [5] In fact for every 10% of cullet added to the production of a new bottle, energy usage goes down by 3-4%. [2]

3. Reuse of bottles - Wikipedia

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   It is estimated that in the U.S. alone, consumers use 1,500 plastic water bottles every single second. But only about 23% of PET plastic, which is the plastic used in disposable plastic water bottles, gets recycled. Thus, about 38 billion water bottles are thrown away annually, equating to roughly $1 billion worth of plastic. [3]

4. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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   Approximately 6.3 Bt of this was discarded as waste, of which around 79% accumulated in landfills or the natural environment, 12% was incinerated, and 9% was recycled - only ~1% of all plastic has been recycled more than once. [6] More recently, as of 2017, still only 9% of the 9 Bt of plastic produced was recycled. [38] [39]

5. Recycling by material - Wikipedia

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   From the start of plastic production through to 2015, the world produced around 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste, only 9% of which has been recycled and only ~1% has been recycled more than once. [27] Of the remaining waste, 12% was incinerated and 79% was either sent to landfills or lost to the environment as pollution. [27]

6. How to Clean Plastic Food Containers (Including Stubborn ...

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   For many of us, plastic food storage containers are a kitchen staple, keeping our leftovers fresh and weekly meal prep organized. However, stubborn stains, lingering odors, and greasy residues can ...

7. Upcycling - Wikipedia

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   Venice Biennale installation by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (2022) - artistic upcycling of old textile materials. While recycling usually means the materials are remade into their original form, e.g., recycling plastic bottles into plastic polymers, which then produce plastic bottles through the manufacturing process, upcycling adds more value to the materials, as the name suggested.