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Originally Posted by Silver Streak
Do you know what they do with the cans and bottles? I had a long email exchange with someone in charge at Covanta last year and specifically asked about glass, which doesn't burn. He said there was no market for recycling glass, which seems crazy to me since it's SO recyclable. I always feel especially bad about putting bottles into the trash. I assume glass just goes into landfill somewhere.  |
I agree that it is TOO bad that glass is not being recycled. It must be TRUE that any single company can NOT make a PROFIT recycling glass. When "free enterprise" does NOT have a solution to a problem, IS not that the exact time when GOVERNMENT should step in to "do the right thing". After all, 100 years ago the US Government paid various oil companies to drill and explore for oil because it was the RIGHT thing to do. We as taxpayers are still paying unnecessarily to oil companies. So, I know there is money available to do the RIGHT thing today and help subsidize GLASS recycling.