Information on glass recycling in countries worldwide for final usage need councils to contact me please.?
Trying to find out how different countries recycle their glass, information i require:
Collected separatly or with other recyclables
Colour separated or mixed
How its collected e.g. wheelie bins (manual or hook lift), recycling boxes
Compaction rate
Tonnage per annum (per head or per household)
Who takes the glass
What finally happens to it?
StarbucksCoffee
on February 8th, 2012
Can’t give you the specifics that you are looking for but I would like to suggest you check out http://www.strategicmaterials.com they do glass recycling and I found some of the things you want to know answered there.
Casper
on February 8th, 2012
We have one of the more advanced recycling systems anywhere
(Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada).Most of our glass is powdered by a company who mix it to supply reflective paint to
highway maintenance departments for road center and side yellow and white striping.