Fun Facts about Glass

FUN FACTS ABOUT Glass 3,000 BC FIRST REAL EVIDENCE OF MANUFACTURED GLASS BY PEOPLE IN MESOPOTAMIA, EGYPT, AND SYRIA. 1608 1850s XXX XXX XXX THE FIRST THE GLASS PLANT BUILT IN THE BOTTLES AND FLASKS WERE FIRST UNITED STATES WAS AT JAMESTOWN, VA. USED MAINLY FOR WHISKEY. 1858 THE SCREW-TOP MASON JAR FOR HOME CANNING APPEARED. IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY, OF GLASS CONTAINERS 80% ARE RECYCLED COMPARED WITH LESS THAN 25% OF PLASTIC CONTAINERS. THE ENERGY FROM RECYCLING ONE GLASS BOTTLE CAN POWER A COMPUTER FOR 30 MINUTES DIAMOND SOURCE: VGLASS http://www.bottlesupglass.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Facts-About-Glass.pdf