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What's the significance of the glass being clear? I'm guessing this means that green or brown glass is not recyclable. Why is that?

• moron4hire 5y ago
  It's strictly because you can't get the color back out of the glass. They want to make new, clear bottles, instead of just accepting that we could all live with just brown bottles.
  • poo-yie 5y ago
    That was my guess. However, couldn't they make new brown bottles out of old brown bottles? Maybe not big enough incentive to sort by specific colors.
    • Ensorceled 5y ago
      Yep. Most bottles are clear and that's what the system is set up to recycle. We still recycle green and brown glass ... it's just less efficient and productive. I'm pretty sure it's a cost to the system as well.
  • Ensorceled 5y ago
    Well, brown bottles also make it difficult to see if, for instance, those pickles have "passed". Both at the store level and for the consumer.
    • moron4hire 5y ago
      Huh? Pickles don't go bad. That's kinda the whole point of pickling.
      • Ensorceled 5y ago
        I didn't say bad, "passed" ... mushy and yellowish. They can go also bad if they weren't canned properly, which is rare but happens. Which is why people like clear glass.