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Many jurisdictions no longer recycle glass (considered too expensive), but will collect for upcycling. Could this be the right time for a renaissance of this ty
by darkerside 7y ago
Many jurisdictions no longer recycle glass (considered too expensive), but will collect for upcycling. Could this be the right time for a renaissance of this type of design? It probably would require incentives from the government, which imo are merely manifesting preexisting externalities.
- bjelkeman-again 7y agoAccording to the European glass recycling organisation it uses 25% less energy to recycle glass than using sand as raw material (as I read their claim). [1] [1] http://www.ferver.eu/en/node/31 http://www.ferver.eu/en/node/31
- hedora 7y agoThere’s also an international sand shortage. It’s an ecological disaster.