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I saw somebody dissolved a soda can in acid, it remained in a plastic bag (which is probably plastic lining inside). But %70 rate seem so low, how does glass fare?

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In the Netherlands 80% of all glass is recycled [1] (it is 100% recyclable as long as you don't care about the colour). In the UK the percentage is a bit lower, 67 % for green glass, 48 % for brown glass and 43 % for white glass [2].

[1] https://recyclingnederland.nl/soort/glasrecycling/

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data/uk-st...

Glass has really low rates in the US, 31%. https://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2022/07/why-is-glass-...

In Germany the glass recycling rate is above 80% depending on the year. However this also depends on the source of the glass. According to the German federal Environment Agency only 7% of glass built into cars was recycled, while on the other hand 84,1% of glass sourced from packaging was recycled.

link to the information from the German federal Environment Agency (in German): https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/ressourcen-abfall/verwe...

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