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Quick question - recycling glass from cooker hood
Would your average waste collector guy even bother to look?
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On 09/02/2018 13:18, David wrote:
I am assuming that the glass part of the cooker hood is tempered and
melts
at a higher temperature than normal soda glass and so is not suitable for
recycling.
http://wastesavers.co.uk/cant-recycle-glass-tumblers-pyrex/
As usual an Internet search seems inconclusive.
Just in the process of throwing out all the bits of the old cooker hood
before fitting the new one.
Cheers
Dave R
Not sure that it is chemically different. There is an alternative
hardening process which diffuses potassium into the surface (roughly
analogous to carburising or nitriding)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toughened_glass
But IIRC you are not encouraged to recycle any sheet glass into bottle
banks.
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