"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 21/12/14 10:36, Huge wrote:
On 2014-12-21, Bill Wright wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Its all a green con anyway.

no one uses council compost because its likely contaminated. nearly all
waste ends up as landfill anyway despite what you do to it


The glass gets sent to China for use as hardcore, at a massive cost in
CO2 emissions.

Actually it gets used to make glass fibre insulation.


Some.

How much glass fibre did you use last year?
How many glass bottles did you throw away?

I'll bet the second was an order of magnitude greater than the first


I throw away virtually no glass bottles. They are all plastic & go in the
recycle bin.

Nobody uses glass fibre any more.
There is a suspicion/theory about that it's as carcinogenic as asbestos.
They are keeping quiet about it.
It has been quietly discontinued so by the time it all comes out, the
victims will be dead and can't sue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_fiber#Safety
There is more if you search a bit.

Future trade for the ambulance chasers???!!

So if you have it in your roof space, you might have a problem

The similar insulation is mineral wool, quite differentr stuff. Non-itchy.
Glass fibre is the itchy stuff.