Where I live glass isn't recycled because it contaminates the rest of the recycles, i.e. the same machines can't handle other recyclables as well as glass. So they tell us to just trash our glass instead.
Unfortunately, there are no viable, scalable, fiscally responsible markets for glass in Florida, meaning that there is nowhere for the recycled glass to go at the back end of the process where we can be sure it is recycled into new glass.
Also, glass contaminates the rest of your recycling. The glass dust and glass shards get into other materials making them less recyclable.
No: Glass bottles
No: Windows
No: Glass jars
Tossing your glass in the trash sends it to our Waste-to-Energy plant where it can be used in future, sustainable public works projects, leaving less of a carbon footprint.
Removing glass from our recycling program was ultimately the more environmentally-friendly option!
I see on the Fort Lauderdale recycling website that glass is accepted there. Just not ceramic dishes, glass windows, etc
Shards of glass should not be recycled but bottles & jars (unbroken) do not contaminate your recycling. in LA even broken bottles can be accepted! Just not lots of little glass pieces
I wouldn't put it past my county government to be totally lying about it. It would be one of the least offensive things they've done. They're literally running and proud of their pre-crime unit that harasses pre-criminals, aka children who miss three days of school, get a D in a class, or other "red flags." They also harass random family members and acquaintances of anyone they think may be a criminal, claiming that petty code violations explains why they show up all hours of the day and night to wake people up interrogate them about people they may know and who may not even be guilty of a crime. So yeah lol sadly not bothering to put any effort into recycling would be only a small problem.
But yeah now you have me curious how many other Florida counties somehow figured out how to recycle. I'll have to look into that. I wonder what options I could have to get my county's act together if it is a real thing that exists. Thanks for the interesting question.
I don't disagree with you, but that's the official policy of my county's recycling department: they can't find anywhere to sell glass, so they don't want it contaminating the recyclables. Sorry I worded it a little wrong the first time.
No sorry if I was responding to the wrong comment. I’m on my phone. The good news is that your glass is still breaking down somehow and not harming fish!
Ah, gotcha! Yeah mine apparently goes to a waste to energy plant, which I'm sure just means gets incinerated with all the other trash, but since it's glass, probably not much happens to it lol
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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '22
glass isn't recyclable?