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Originally Posted by pepper24
Need to get rid of bottle deposits now that we have blue cart recycling. Policy that worked well before full scale residential recycling but now outdated.
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They're more costly but do a way better job. Example:
Sorted bottle depot glass is washed, crushed, and used to make fiberglass insulation. Using glass instead of sand for that saves a huge amount of energy/emissions. This actually helps the environment.
The glass from the blue carts is mixed up and useless. I believe it basically gets stored, or sometimes used for filler in road paving (as a gravel substitute). Not much ecological benefit there at all.