Glass banks encourage recycling

The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC) believes in the infinite potential of glass recycling to make a real and positive contribution to society and has placed thousands of these glass banks countrywide where community members can recycle.

They have allocated glass banks across Alberton to make recycling glass more convenient.

This is their way of encouraging the rest of the country to look after the environment and prevent glass bottles from entering landfills.

By recycling all your glass bottles and jars you can help to save the earth and prevent pollution.
If you recycle just one glass bottle per week, it means that for a year you recycle 52 glass containers. This will save 5 200 watts of energy.

If you recycle just one glass bottle per week, you could light a 5W LED bulb for 1 200 minutes, light a compact fluorescent bulb for 428 minutes, light a 60W bulb for 100 minutes, run a TV for 20 minutes and run a computer for 13 minutes.

If you recycle just one glass bottle per week, for a year, you could light a 5W LED bulb for 1 040 hours, light a compact fluorescent bulb for 371 hours, light a 60W bulb for 87 hours, run a TV for 17 hours and run a computer for 11 hours.

Glass banks in the Alberton area:

• Macy’s SPAR at 17 General Albert Avenue, Randhart, Alberton
• The Social Hub at 78 Charl Cilliers Avenue, Alberton
• Hollywood Sportsbook at 3 Leonard Road, New Market, Alberton
• Meyersdal Eco Estate at 1 Hennie Albert Street, Meyersdal
• Meyersdal Nature Estate at 1 Hazel Street, Meyersdal
• Alberton Squash Club at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Helston Street, Florentia
• Bracken Methodist Church at 9 Toinette Street, Brackenhurst
• Brackenhof Reformed Church at the corner of Ranonkel Street and McBride Road, Brackenhurst

For more information visit www.theglassrecyclingcompany.co.za or find them on Twitter @TGRC or Facebook TheGlassRecyclingCo