Coloured glass - recycling

[sweetjessicajane]

When putting out the glass for recycling I notice the different colours, clear, brown, green and all shades in-between.

Would there be any economic and environmental saving to be made if all glass was one colour e.g. clear?

I'm suggesting that milk bottles, wine bottles, beer bottles etc are clear - i.e. glass that is made to be thrown away, not decorative pieces

[naymissus]

Aug 25, 2010 9:48:46 GMT sweetjessicajane said:

When putting out the glass for recycling I notice the different colours, clear, brown, green and all shades in-between.

Would there be any economic and environmental saving to be made if all glass was one colour e.g. clear?

I'm suggesting that milk bottles, wine bottles, beer bottles etc are clear - i.e. glass that is made to be thrown away, not decorative pieces

Some beers, for example, have to be stored in darkened glass to stop the light from making a reaction with preservative chemicals in the beer.

[sinistral]

A fair proportion of medicine bottles and jars are coloured brown to protect the contents from either reacting with,or discolouration from,sunlight.

When I worked in a pharmacy we kept only a few of clear glass.....and I don't remember ever using them.

[marchesarosa]

I have a HUGE number of bottles, jars etc to take regularly to the bottle bank - there are eleven of us. It is a real pain sorting them and I resent every minute. On the other hand how dull if every bottle were the same colour?

[marchesarosa]

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