Unfortunately glass isn’t recycled here. I’ve been trying to figure out why.
Probably more common in places that have glass production.
Probably more common in places that have glass production.
Our landfill had a recycling center for glass for a number of years, but it was essentially just one guy who was a landscaper/glass blower (or some such). He'd come about once a month to pick through what he wanted and the rest would get tossed. I guess he retired or moved, because they don't do that anymore...
The best thing for glass is reuse.
Once upon a time they used to reuse coke and beer bottles, not just recycle them.
I don’t think people appreciate what a franchising operation Coke is. Because they don’t have names.
I wonder if the loss of glass had more to do with plastic ease of use (no bottle openers) than directly cost.
Years ago Method defended using thin walled, but non recyclable plastics for their products based on a bunch of factors, including miles traveled, product to packaging ratios, and the recovery percentage of plastic containers. Unlike aluminum and glass, only a fraction of the feedstock comes out of the process.
So if you have an HDPE recycling process that’s 25% effective, you could keep an equal amount of material out of the landfill by making a product with 3/4 the material of HDPE. Which they did (and more) with blister packs.
They list them as recyclable now, but <gestures at the thread> and I think they did the right thing at the time regardless.