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Aside from very large containers of cheaper of "mid tier" quality alcohols and samplers, I've never seen a plastic bottle. For scotch, I've never seen anything
by Frost1x 6y ago
Aside from very large containers of cheaper of "mid tier" quality alcohols and samplers, I've never seen a plastic bottle.
For scotch, I've never seen anything but glass and don't believe I'd buy anything but glass.
Is there an advantage to paper recycling over glass? I know I've went through the whole "recycle your own paper" project when I was a kid but nothing to the level an industrial plant would likely do. I'm assuming energy requirements may be the same? Paper seems like it might be more difficult in some cases. Way out of my area of expertise.
- jschwartzi 6y agoUsually the rotgut canadian whiskies like Rich & Rare are sold in plastic gallon bottles here.
- pavon 6y agoI know our local waste department has had a very hard time finding anyone to recycle the glass they collect. Some of it ends up crushed and tumbled to be used for landscaping. But most of it is crushed and layered over the landfill liner. That is technically recycling/reuse as I think something else like gravel would be used otherwise, but it isn't what people expect when they recycle their bottles. I don't have any official information about what prevents it from being recycled but I've heard word of mouth that transportation costs are a huge factor if you don't already have glass production in your area. Also that sorting is a big issue, as different glasses have different additives, and need to be recycled separately but sorting is hard to do safely and cost effectively.
- beenBoutIT 6y agoBy virtue of not floating and not killing aquatic life paper has much better optics, even if it all just ends up being burned as biomass fuel.