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Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by grecy on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @08:26AM (#41180664)
> Normal glasses are recyclable

That may be, but rem ember of the three things you should be doing - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Recycling is the worst and should be avoided anytime the other two are doable.

Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by eru on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @08:38AM (#41180765)
Also recycling glasses might not make much sense.

The raw material for glass making is basically sand, and there's no problem dumping old glasses in a landfill.

So you should only recycle glass, if that's cheaper than making glass from scratch. There's no benefit otherwise.

(And you can still reduce and re-use, of course.)

Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by veltas on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @08:46AM (#41180829)
As another commenter mentioned, apparently they are not!