On 24/08/2013 16:53, Steve Firth wrote:
Huge wrote:
On 2013-08-23, alan wrote:

Until recently people around my way sorted glass by colour into large
road side bins. During collection each bin was picked up in turn and
emptied into the single compartment on the back of the lorry. Possibly
with no market for the old glass it went to landfill.

It all goes for cullet, mostly to make glassfibre insulation.

Not quite true. The A1M from Wakefield to the A19 was rebuilt using lots of
"recycled" glass. It makes excellent ballast. Significant quantities of
cullet are used as construction materials where it can replace sharp sand.

Lots gets exported to China for the same reason... goods come in, ship
needs ballast for the return trip, and glass can be used there for road
building.


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Cheers,

John.

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