Sunday, June 30, 2013

How a used bottle becomes a new bottle in 6 gifs



NPR posted a story on how a used [glass] bottle becomes a new [glass] bottle. The article is largely a summary or transcript of the below video (it autoplays, I warn you). The video shows the full process from mixed recyclable material coming into the plant to fully formed, 20-25% recycled material glass bottles leaving the plant.

The coolest part for me is the dropping of the hot globs into the forming machines at 2:10. Hot glass is just such a magical material.

And we clearly need to do better at recycling glass...sheesh...

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