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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Recycling tends to mean re-cycling... getting the same thing out as you put in. Incinerating to generate heat to boil water and spin a turbine creates energy but does not result in glass, plastic, or paper coming out the back end.
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Actually, the glass bottles and jars ( soda lime glass) will survive the incineration process though will probably be deformed since soda lime glass has a softening point around 700 C. Incinerators usually run at a temperature greater than 850 C which is below the melting point of that glass (>1000 C). Aluminum has a melting point around 1200 C. So both of these materials can be recycled after the incineration process.