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My understanding is that while glass is reusable/recyclable, nobody is really willing to do it. So is it much better than plastic?
by MattGaiser 2y ago
My understanding is that while glass is reusable/recyclable, nobody is really willing to do it.
So is it much better than plastic?
- MobiusHorizons 2y agoThey certainly used to. Why do you say we don’t recycle glass? It’s basically the same process as making new glass, you just add broken up glass in with the silica sand.
- Nevermark 2y agoMy guess: logistics of recycling glass is more expensive than getting sand. And glass in landfills isn’t doing much harm. My town doesn’t recycle glass.
- maxerickson 2y agoYeah this is basically it. And then with the glass you also have to keep it separated by color.
- AngryData 2y agoYou don't HAVE to, but you aren't going to be making clear glass again if you mix it with other colored glasses. Im not an glass expert though and it could be more of a cost consideration in not having to chemically separate out colored elements from glass when you can much more easily just get clean sand again for significantly cheaper.
- maeil 2y ago> My understanding is that while glass is reusable/recyclable, nobody is really willing to do it. Plenty of people have been buying glass over plastic exactly when possible for this reason. Those people show that it's a concious decision and are not to be waved away.
- MattGaiser 2y agoI am not talking about the individual consumers, but rather that even glass that ends up in a recycling stream usually doesn't get recycled unless customers do all the pre-sorting work. https://cen.acs.org/materials/inorganic-chemistry/glass-recycling-US-broken/97/i6 https://cen.acs.org/materials/inorganic-chemistry/glass-recy...