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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by barney54 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:11PM (#24487328)
Glass is also somewhat difficult to recycle. The actual recycling is easy, but different colors of glass needs to be sorted. And glass is heavy, so it’s costly to transport.
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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by TylerE on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:21PM (#24487409)
I think if you really wanted to go all in on glass recycling you'd have to ban everything except maybe 3 colors (Something like clear, a light green, and something quite dark).
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