The Natural Philosopher wrote in message ...
Pete C wrote:

I still fail to see how incinerating glass, metal and paper saves more
energy and landfill than recycling it. It may be worth doing
alongside recycling but it's not best option by any means.

Simply because the logistics of recycling it use a lot of road space and
fuel to get it to the recycling plant.

Transport is needed to get it to incineration too.


Personally I think there is a great future in a machine that would grind
glass to a powder suitable for use instead of sand as building material.

I've seen claims from one council that their collected glass gets made
into bottles - I thought that was impossible though. Are they telling
fibs?


Strikes me that a lot of emphasis is being put on recycling but not
enough on re-use. For the most part the reuse ideas around seem pretty
naive, but there are more sensible ways to do it too. I idly came up
with several possibilities, which of course may or may not stand up to
further scrutiny.


Regards, NT