[greenyes] Abandoning glass recycling?

[Alan Muller <amuller@no.address>]

A group working on a curbside program for Delaware has proposed a two 
stream system in which residents would separate their wastes into 
recyclables, and non-recyclables to be landfilled.  Part of the proposal is 
to have the users put the glass into the non-recyclables.

Several reasons (or excuses) are offered for this, including:

(1) broken glass will contaminate the paper stream and reduce prices gotten 
for it;

(2) recycling glass isn't profitable unless it's separated by color;

(3) the tonnage is relatively small and decreasing (as plastic containers 
take over) and glass is OK to landfill as a stable material.

I would much appreciate some comment on this.

Regards,

Alan Muller

Alan Muller, Executive Director
Green Delaware
Box 69
Port Penn, DE 19731 USA
(302)834-3466
fax (302)836-3005
greendel@no.address
www.greendel.org