On 07/17/2017 12:09 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 7/17/2017 1:12 PM, wrote:


Recycling is just a make work program for people unqualified to do
anything else. The only thing that actually have a cash value is
aluminum cans in most places. Paper and plastic ends up costing more
to ship than it is worth and the environmental impact is usually worse
too. Glass is really totally useless.

Why is glass useless? It may not be economically sensible to ship glass
scrap very far, but the glass plant near us used every bit they could
get. They made mostly bottles and jars.

There was a local scheme to crush glass and use it to partially replace
aggregate in asphalt. Glassphalt is not a new idea but it didn't work out.