On 7/18/2017 11:52 AM, rbowman wrote:
On 07/18/2017 07:20 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Clear glas must be clear. When our town started recycling at the dump
they has a container for clear, another for colored. One colored bottle
would contaminate a big container of clear. There was always some
idiot. . .

I've been told the best glass has some content of recycled in it.
http://www.gpi.org/recycling/glass-recycling-facts

I worked for a company that made the polystyrene foam clamshells for
McDonalds. One of the advantages of thermoplastics is you can grind the
defective product and feed it back into the line. The clamshells had a
tan color rather than the pure white of virgin styrene, part of which
was due to the amount of regrind being used. McDonald's is a very
demanding customer and would use colorimeters to ensure the product was
the same exact shade. If the process was running right and there wasn't
much regrind that required tinkering.

That whole history is educational. McDonalds went from the original
paper wrapping to foam to save the trees or something. Then they went
back to paper/cardboard to save the landfills. Both were marketing
decisions based on what the public's perception was at the moment.

I've been out of that industry for a long time and don't know what is
used today but we were using freon by the railroad tank car for the
blowing agent. That wouldn't fly today. The best part of the job was ice
cream cones were made in another part of the plant. You could eat the
defective parts. Sugar cones hot off the press are good!


Company I worked for used recycle polymer in two of their most
profitable products. There was a color problem but these products did
not have to be clear. They did not brag about being environmentally
friendly by using recycle. Customer did not need to know and might want
to pay less.

Our dump takes glass, paper, cans and plastic but does not want
polystyrene or plastic bags. People do not realize that all this crap
must be separated and cleaned. I keep telling this to my wife that it
does not matter if she washes PET soda bottles or not. Only reason to
do is perhaps keep down smell of trash can in the garage.