Glass plays important role to all of us as a human, it is being used for diversity of purposes whether in residential, commercial, and or Industrial sectors. The using of glass is used by many of our fore parents since from the beginning or for thousand of years, and even we are now in the fast moving world, its uses have never been so vanished and it is still be very useful to our everyday lives.

Glass has many uses , it c an be used for a drinking vessel, a window on the world, in fibre optics and smart phones, or in pharmaceutical, health and science applications, and the truth is , it is very hard to imagine what is our life without glass, to name a few, some of our recycling bins, glass bottles which includes alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, glass jars , bottles for food, cosmetics, and other goods are made from Glass.

Recycling of Glass is one of the most exiting, amazing and challenging job when it comes to disposing and recycling, it can be dispose and processed endlessly without the loss of its quality, and the products created in the manufacturing process are generally %100 recyclable within the same stream.

At Green Mile Recycling we are continuing to search for ways to lower the carbon emissions, and one of the solution is the recycling of unwanted glass, old or new, broken or damaged, recycling them is the right solution to integral part of a circular economy. glass is an amazingly versatile material. And even Glass manufacturers are also using recycled glass to improve their sustainability and lower manufacturing costs.

What are the benefits of glass recycling?

Recycling glass will reduces environmental problems such as acid rain and pollution. Recycling one ton of glass prevents the release of 7.5 pounds of air pollutants. By recycling one ton of glass, 2 cubic yards of landfill space are conserved. Every 10 pounds of recycled glass reduces carbon emissions by almost one pound.

At Green Mile Recycling, we collect almost all types of glass and bottles .The glass waste we collected are transported to our facility in Jebel Ali Industrial area 1, where it securely separated based on the color. The segregated glass waste will then be handover to our partner or to glass manufacturers where it will get cleaned, crushed, remelted and used for making new glass items.