• phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    6 days ago

    Glass used to be washed and reused. It’s a lot more energy (and therefore greenhouse gases) to melt and reform into whatever.

    • kambusha@sh.itjust.works
      13·
      6 days ago

      Perhaps, but it’s 100% reusable as far as I’m aware. It can also be used for other things, such as roads, or even to help plants grow.

    • tischbier@feddit.orgEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      Supply for high quality white sand used for almost all glass making will be exhausted in 2037, according to British Geologist Michael Welland.

      There will be a point in the near future where recycling glass will be less expensive than sourcing high quality sand.