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Environment
fromEarth911
17 hours ago

Glass: Recycling's Negative-Value Problem

Glass recycling lags because single-stream systems produce dirty, mixed-color cullet that costs facilities more than it returns, despite cullet’s energy and emissions benefits.
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

Louisiana's top glass recycler uses glass to rebuild lost wetlands. She tripled her business in 5 years.

Glass Half Full started in a backyard in 2020, and now it's Louisiana's biggest glass recycler.
Environment
Environment
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago

Louisiana's coast is eroding. One engineer found a fix in her wine bottle

Local entrepreneurs converted discarded glass into sand using a glass-crushing machine, creating a community-run recycling system and materials for coastal restoration in Louisiana.
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