These containers are processed and then sent to packaging plants where they are made into new glass containers. Glass is also made into Glasphalt, which is used to pave streets and highways. When rubber is not burned to make energy, it is reprocessed to make products like boat bumpers, no-slip floor mats for barns and locker rooms, carpet padding, and insulation for wires and pipes. Rubber is also an ingredient in rubberized asphalt, which is used to pave streets and highways. Beverage Cans Aluminum cans are recycled to make more aluminum cans, or building materials like aluminum siding.
Tin cans are actually mostly steel.
The materials in these can are processed to make new cans. Office Paper White office paper is the most valuable type of paper. It can be recycled into new office paper, paperboard, and toilet tissue. Motor Oil Used motor oil can be recycled. It goes through a refining process and then used to make new motor oil, or other petroleum products such as transmission fluids and fuels.