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I suspect that waste produced by broken glasses is so minuscule compared to the overall glass production/waste that this is largely irrelevant. Edit: Apparentl
by mytailorisrich 2y ago
I suspect that waste produced by broken glasses is so minuscule compared to the overall glass production/waste that this is largely irrelevant.
Edit: Apparently glass cookware and drinking glasses are often not recyclable. This seems like a more important aspect to improve than durability even if, again, still overall a small improvement compared to overall glass industry.
- ecjhdnc2025 2y agoBroken glasses in bars, for example, have a lot more impacts than just waste. Broken glass has to be cleaned up, causes injuries, even causes lost product in some situations. I was in a cocktail bar once with three friends who ordered us the same chilled cocktail, served there day in, day out, and as the cocktails were poured into the glasses, three of the four glasses broke. Plink, plink, plink. Glasses too hot, cocktail too cold, some other handling problem. Who knows. But tougher glass might not have done that.
- mytailorisrich 2y agoThat sounds like clutching at straws while not really showing how that'd make a significant difference to anything. Make all glasses recyclable. Probably more important but less marketable for a new startup idea...
- ecjhdnc2025 2y agoI don't think it is "clutching at straws" for a bar to want glasses that break less frequently, causing fewer safety concerns, and to be prepared to pay the extra, but whatever.
- inglor_cz 2y agoA friend used to work in a student bar as a bartender. Broken glass was legitimately a safety issue. Drunken people can cut themselves quite creatively, including severed sinews. Ironically, most of his patrons were medical students.