There are valid reasons to not recycle glass -> no local places to recycle. Perhaps, I'm just ignorant of where to do this in north Alabama.
Goes back to lazy politicians. Just means some pressure needs to be put on your local reps. Increasing glass recycling will support the local job market and tax base as well. The circular economy pays benefits for a long, long time.There are valid reasons to not recycle glass -> no local places to recycle. Perhaps, I'm just ignorant of where to do this in north Alabama.
Energy is more expensive than raw materialsSir, thank you for the education. My brain is still lost at how much waste oil we generate and maybe 30% is used in new lubricants. Maybe I’m just dumb. How does it make sense to use raw materials or new crude to make stuff?
Or capital equipment / labor cost.Energy is more expensive than raw materials
That’s a non-industry person telling you that. In addition to there being 100% fully automated solutions that can sort flint from colors, remove stones and organics, it is also possible for even flint glass to be mixed with roughly 3% colored cullet with no detriment
In all honesty the reason why glass isn’t 100% recycled is that people (especially local politicians that control recycling policies) are LAZY.
I repeat, there is never a valid excuse to send a glass container into a landfill.
There are valid reasons to not recycle glass -> no local places to recycle. Perhaps, I'm just ignorant of where to do this in north Alabama.
Most papers can only be recycled once or twice before the fibers become so destroyed that they cannot meet strength requirements.
It was to make people feel that they were doing something and have a skin in the game. It's known as a "feel-good measure" to generate buy-in and move the masses in a needed direction.I remember reading an article about the " scrap drives " during WWII . Patriotic citizens donated pots and pans and all manner of metals to the war effort thinking that it would be used to build tanks and planes to defeat the Axis powers . In reality most of it was not suitable for these things , but it did help free up the quality resources .
Most of the recycling is the same, it went to China only to be buried or burned, but it sure made people feel good about saving the planet. It made certain people lots of money as well.It was to make people feel that they were doing something and have a skin in the game. It's known as a "feel-good measure" to generate buy-in and move the masses in a needed direction.
I am curios why the recycle center here would say NO Window panes or drinking glasses. It would seem they would be just as recyclable as clear glass or colored glass bottles.Yep, see my reply right above
Separating glass by color at the curbside is just another excuse to give consumers another excuse to not recycle something that’s infinitely recyclable with no degradation in quality, unlike every other packaging.
Most plastics can’t be recycled into the same packaging, they end up as park benches or other things.
Most papers can only be recycled once or twice before the fibers become so destroyed that they cannot meet strength requirements.
Every aluminum can you buy actually has a plastic “sleeve” inside of it to keep the product from touching the aluminum.
So walk me through the math just so I know. Is it profitable to recycle glass. I guess you need to do something with it - but don't most places have the opportunity to recycle if they want to? If its profitable why doesn't someone to offer glass pickup for free - say at a central collection site. Why does the government (which is us BTW) need to fund recycling?Goes back to lazy politicians. Just means some pressure needs to be put on your local reps. Increasing glass recycling will support the local job market and tax base as well. The circular economy pays benefits for a long, long time.
There’s Arkansas Glass, Arglass & Anchor Glass in GA & FL respectively that would likely love additional cullet streams. Strategic Materials is one of the largest recyclers in the country and has locations in a multitude of places.
Different glass chemistries and coatings/laminations. Same thing with pharmaceutical glass, which is borosilicate glass. “Regular” glass- beer bottles, jars, spirits… are made out of soda-lime glass.I am curios why the recycle center here would say NO Window panes or drinking glasses. It would seem they would be just as recyclable as clear glass or colored glass bottles.
We generally pay around $100-120/ton for cullet at most of our facilities. If you do the math you’ll quickly see why bottle bill states enjoy much higher recycling rates; it eliminates the tedious part of getting the glass back from the customer.So walk me through the math just so I know. Is it profitable to recycle glass. I guess you need to do something with it - but don't most places have the opportunity to recycle if they want to? If its profitable why doesn't someone to offer glass pickup for free - say at a central collection site. Why does the government (which is us BTW) need to fund recycling?
Our county does it - but they simply have a different dumpster at the county site where you dump everything else. I think most cities have no such place - everyone gets trash pickup. If is cost positive why don't the trash companies collect it?