How a Used Bottle Becomes a New Bottle Again

Recycling ! It ’s good for the satellite , or something . It ’s also a very sensible affair to do . But how does the feeding bottle you just drink out of become a new bottle you ’ll drink out of in the future ? No , it ’s not just refilling the glass . It ’s a operation that postulate magnets , soda pop ash , a 2,700 degree furnace , something call gobs and more .

The awesomeNPR blog Planet Moneyhas resume the glass recycling process into 6 magnificent GIFs . It start with assort tidy sum - sized mass of crushed glass with a bunch of Irish bull inside with magnet ( to pull out metal ) and optical sorting machine ( to shove off out the worthful clean spyglass ) . Then soda ash , Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin and limestone are mixed with the clear glass and dethaw at 2,700 degree , that burning orange mixture finally becomes the bottleful . See the whole processhere . And here ’s a GIF to whet your appetite :

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