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[–] 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Over here over 90% of glass put in the recycling is recycled into new glass bottles/jars. The rest of the glass goes into making roads

You guys having problems recycling glass?

I struggle to comprehend that the dangers of broken glass haven't been overcome everywhere

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    You're lucky, my area stopped recycling glass years ago. Like I said, there's a huge backlog which makes processing less attractive. Also most recycling seems to be single stream (all recyclables go in one bin and get sorted at the facility), and broken glass contaminates the other recyclables which is dangerous to human sorters and is abrasive to machines.

    I've seen a couple pilot programs pulverizing glass for concrete, but as with lots of recycling (looking at you plastic) in most places it's not as simple as "Just recycle it". Again, more a logistics issue than a material one.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I think it may be an issue in your area, also, where do you live? That's such a bad way of recycling...

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