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The energy and effort required to collect, clean and re-use glass is much higher than for plastic. Glass doesn't decompose in a landfill and has limits on how o
by speleding 6y ago
The energy and effort required to collect, clean and re-use glass is much higher than for plastic. Glass doesn't decompose in a landfill and has limits on how often it can be re-used as well.
The detergents, water and heat needed for cleaning alone have a higher environmental impact than the few drops of oil needed to make a plastic bottle.
Plastic waste is a big problem for sure, but switching to glass is not the solution.
- DanBC 6y agoYes. If we used plastic once and then burnt it it's probably better for CO2 than reusing glass.
- chimprich 6y ago> Glass doesn't decompose in a landfill Why would you want it to? Being inert is a good thing if you put it underground: no water contamination, no gas being released. But why put it in a landfill when you could reuse or recycle it? > and has limits on how often it can be re-used as well. What are these limits?