And in most western countries.

Post #442,193 by static 10/19/22 4:21:48 AM 10/19/22 4:21:48 AM Reply	And in most western countries. Here in the land down under, we also have a what-do-we-do-with-all-our-recycling problem. Particularly glass. It's well documented that various industries campaigned long and hard many years ago to get rid of paying for recyclable material. And governments rolled over because they wouldn't think far enough ahead. Wade.
Post #442,207 by CRConrad 10/23/22 8:09:42 AM 10/23/22 8:09:42 AM Reply	Glass seems to be problematic (and I've contributed to the problem). Heard / read somewhere (sorry, can't recall the source) that the kind of glass you can put to be recycled is only jars and bottles, not broken drinking glasses and stuff; the latter can't be re-melted the same way. I suppose it's that "crystal" glass is done at a much higher temperature, so mixing that in means it can't be re-used for jars and bottles. Should have hot the hint from how much thinner than simple containers tableware glass can be, and how much sharper the shards are. I only put jars in there now and save the rest for when I go to the recycling centre, where they have a more fine-grained classification of bins to put stuff in. But of course the glass bin in our building still has table glasses and vases and stuff in it, because most people don't know this. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #442,216 by static 10/24/22 10:57:10 PM 10/24/22 10:57:10 PM Reply	Yeah... "glass is glass"... which it's not. People also put stuff like broken Pyrex in "glass recycling" which needs its own special processing. Wade.

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