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What happens when  Eco friendly 

glass isn’t disposed  flower vase: 


properly?   
When glass is not disposed  Only costs $11 to build 
correctly, it can end up in  with recycled 
the environment. When it  materials and 
ends up in the  common home items! 
environment or a landfill   
it is either crushed into  -wine bottles: recycled. 
very small fragments of   
glass or left as big pieces  -ply wood: recycled. 
of glass. These pieces of 
  Eco friendly  
glass are not easy to 
-wood staples: already  flower vase. 
decompose. They are one 
of man's long-lasting 
had.   
materials and can take up     
to 1 million years to  -flat glass marbles: $6.   
decompose.      
  -spray paint: $5.   
     
  -Hot glue: already had.   
   
   
   
 
 
What happens when 
glass is burned?  Materials: 
Glass is already “burned”  -4 pieces of recycled 
from the start because it  plywood 
is melted sand. But when  -wood staples 
glass bottles are placed  -recycled wine bottles 
in fires, they will usually  -reusable flat marbles 
shatter and then soften,  -hot glue 
not melt. They also  -spray paint 
“carbonise”, which means   
they will turn black and  By: Emily Steele 
hard after. 
ITEM: GLass 
What is the history of  What is the percent  Creds 
man-made glass?  composition of glass?  The credit for this flower 
Man-made glass can date  The chemical formula for  holder goes to a women 
back all the way to 3500  soda-lime glass is  named whitney. 
BCE in Mesopotamia Asia.  CaHNaO^2. The percent   
The first glass container  composition is:  Whitney. “$10 DIY Glass Bottle & 
Wood Vase.” ​Shanty 2 Chic​, 15 Apr. 
was made in 1500 bc. A  -Ca: 41.72%  2014, 
major breakthrough in  -H: 1.05%  www.shanty-2-chic.com/2014/04/b
glass history is when  -Na: 23.93%  ottle-vase-centerpiece.html. 
george Ravenscroft  -O: 33.31%   
invented lead crystal  Recycling glass cost?  Works cited 
glass.  The city of killeen can  “How Long Does It Take for a 
Where do we get the  save up to $420,000 selling  Glass Bottle to Degrade in a 
Landfill?” ​How Long Does It 
materials for glass?  the cities recycled  Take for a Glass Bottle to 
The main ingredient for  materials. Steve shannon  Degrade in a Landfill? | 
glass is silica sand. This  from Austin’s Balcones  Education - Seattle PI​, Seattle 
Pi, 
sand comes from mines  Resources says, “ it costs  education.seattlepi.com/long
common in minnesota,  between $70 and $90 to  -glass-bottle-degrade-landfi
missouri, and oklahoma.  process a ton of glass.  ll-5235.html. 
Another ingredient used is  That is then sold for   
“About Glass.” ​History of Glass - 
soda ash. It is refined from  around $10 a ton.”  British Glass​, British Glass, 
the mineral trona. Lots of  Companies may not gain  www.britglass.org.uk/history-
steps are required in order  too much money from  of-glass. 
 
to produce it from the  recycling glass but it  waauch. ​Arcgis.com​, 
trona ore. Limestone is  helps the environment.  www.arcgis.com/home/item.ht
also needed for the  Chemistry in glass?  ml?id=2f382d5fcdb748deba89e
production of glass.  To make glass you need to  6104b59551d. 
 
Limestone is very  burn the materials at  Brandon Janes | Herald staff 
abundant so it is easy to  around 1700 degrees  writer. “Is Recycling Glass 
obtain for glass  celsius. When you burn the  Worth the Cost?” ​The Killeen 
Daily Herald​, 6 Feb. 2014, 
production.  materials you are  kdhnews.com/news/is-recycli
How is glass is made?  chemically combining  ng-glass-worth-the-cost/arti
One technique of glass  them all.  cle_8e2dd0e6-d956-11e2-ab95-0
  019bb30f31a.html. 
production is “press and 
blow”. A gob is dropped into   
a mold and a plunger   
presses a dent into the   
gob. Air is blown into it and   
takes the shape of mold. 
 

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