• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    Glass is just borderline

    It als depends on the distance and transportation costs to get to a glass plant.

    Which is dissapointing, because glass should be relatively easy to recycle into new containers. The core process isn’t much different than making new glass.

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      The problems are breaking glass back down is more expensive than using raw material and there’s the color issue. What glass excels at is reuse, it would be far better to have a handful of standard containers that could be easily cleaned and reused rather than attempt to recycle.