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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by ars on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:37PM (#24715462)
Glass is also 100% pointless to recycle. The planet's crust is made of glass, it's not exactly a scarce resource, and old glass is environmentally harmless.

And in the real world it's virtually never recycled, instead its crushed and used as landfill cover (they cover the trash each night to keep down vermin).

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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by cedilla on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:38AM (#24717463)
It's easier, cheaper and less energy intensive than producing new glass. Literally billions of tons of glass are recycled each year.
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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by simon1573 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:04AM (#24716983)
Sand is starting to get scarce. https://www.businessinsider.com/global-sand-shortage-could-c...
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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by iguy on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:11AM (#24717327)
I can't read the article, but in my understanding, sand for concrete is what might be scarce. Because it has to have particles with the right degree of sharp corners. (IIRC, the Saudis import this from Australia or something, because their wind-blown sand is too round.) But glass is much easier.
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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by proc0 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:51AM (#24716902)
"they cover the trash each night to keep down vermin"

shudders

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