Heineken WOBO: A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick

Re:Heineken WOBO: A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick by adrianN on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:47AM (#22726020)

Glass is literally made out of sand and recycling it doesn't even save a lot of energy. It's heavy to transport and you have to clean it and melt it again. Recycling it doesn't make a lot of sense.

Reusing glass bottles might make more sense, since you save the melting step.

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Re:Heineken WOBO: A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick by DagAgren on Monday March 30, 2020 @05:07AM (#22726335)

You say it doesn't save "a lot" of energy, but it still saves energy. And you can do both, you can reuse until the bottle is in too bad condition, and then recycle.

Also, http://www.ferver.eu/en/node/31 disagrees with you that it's not "a lot".

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Re:Heineken WOBO: A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick by adrianN on Monday March 30, 2020 @05:31AM (#22726417)

Thanks for that link. I adjust my position on the amount of energy it saves, but I'd like to see an analysis that also includes transportation and cleaning.

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Re:Heineken WOBO: A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick by eyeinthepyramid on Monday March 30, 2020 @09:27AM (#22727825)

Is there a source that's not literally the lobbying group for glass recyclers?

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Re:Heineken WOBO: A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick by labawi on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @12:33PM (#22750561)

WRT transport - if you are not recycling glass (or reusing, repurposing), you are in effect moving mountains to local landfills?

I think recycling glass makes much more sense than throwing it away.

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