It had some interesting conclusions in it on the energy consumption
of transportation back to the manufacturers vs the energy saved by
using cullet.
If you'd like, I can try to find the exact citation; perhaps it's
even on the web, although I had read the paper copy.
In our curbside collection program, there is a very high glass
breakage rate, but the broken glass is run through optical sorters
to upgrade the material. However, the economics of glass recycling
back into containers is very poor; the economic value of glass
for most alternative uses is also minimal.
If people are interested, I would be glad to send them the lastest
electronic version of the listing of a database on alternative
uses. It's about 110 pages long and lists just under 300 projects
for reuse and recycling glass for non-container uses.
John Reindl, Recycling Manager
Dane County, WI
>
> At 12:12 PM 2/8/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >I would like to see the data to support your comments. Thanks for
> >sharing your thoughts. We need to do more life cycle analysis to
> >determine which is better and also remember that not all areas of the
> >world are the same. We have Anchor Glass in Minnesota and I don't think
> >your analysis would hold here.
> >Carolyn Smith clsmith@pubserv.co.anoka.mn.us
> >
>
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