Recycling Glass Bottles & Jars
Mack Glass Christmas Tree Build
This December, Jason's Mack Glass team constructed the glass Christmas tree. The glass tree will remain on display through January 2021.
Location: 502 N. Neil St, Champaign
Price: Free
- Artist Jason Mack will attempt to build the world's tallest glass Christmas tree at 31feet and weighing two tons.
- Please help grow the tree by donating clear and green glass bottles/jars/containers on-site during open hours only. Please do not bring flat glass (windows and mirrors).
- A gift shop selling Jason's hand-blown ornaments and small versions of the tree will be available on-site.
- At the end of the project, all glass used (even the glass scraps) will be 100% recycled.
Glass Recycling Facts
from the Glass Packaging Institute https://www.gpi.org/glass-recycling-facts
“Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity.
Glass is made from readily-available domestic materials, such as sand, soda ash, limestone, and “cullet,” the industry term for furnace ready recycled glass. ...
Recycled glass can be substituted for up to 95% of raw materials.
Online Articles and Reports about Glass Bottle Recycling
Glass recycling finds funding on campus
by Luis Velazquez, Staff Writer, Daily Illini
October 10, 2019
Why glass recycling in the US is broken
by Mitch Jacoby
February 11, 2019, appeared in Volume 97, Issue 6, Chemical & Engineering News
https://cen.acs.org/materials/inorganic-chemistry/glass-recycling-us-broken/97/i6
Americans turn old bottles into new ones at much lower rates than people in other countries.
A recent analysis explains why.
Are Your Glass Bottles Really Getting Recycled?
by Matt Hickman, updated June 5, 2017
https://www.treehugger.com/pain-glass-problem-single-stream-recycling-4868067
Glass: Material-Specific Data
U.S. EPA
Accessed 12/13/2020
Glass Waste Management: 1960-2018
US EPA source: Glass Packaging Institute data
