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Where does re-cycled glass go ?

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  • 29-09-2004 10:03am
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    Warden Dios
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    Where does re-cycled glass go ? If my recollection is correct did Irish Glass
    close down a number of years ago.
    Who processes re-cycled glass in Ireland now, is it exported ?


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    I thought it was now being exported (like you, on the basis of irish Glass closing) but this page seems to indicate otherwise. There are also a number of glass recycling plants in the north, Kosmos to name one (opened about two months ago), though Kosmos are pretty small and focus on waste glass from hotels and bars.


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    narommy
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭narommy


    Alot of it goes into road building products as far as i know.

    Sooooooooooooo..... stop protesting against roads and there'll be a larger market for old glass :p


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    bribren2001
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    i seen a few adds about this lately on tv
    they are saying that it goes into roads and recycled into somekind of material that is used on the floor of fish tanks and aquariums.


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    scargill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,679 ✭✭✭scargill


    landfill in China somewhere probably


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    scargill wrote:
    landfill in China somewhere probably
    Doesn't make sense to ship it all the way there, probably just discharge the hoppers once they reach international waters...


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    OfflerCrocGod
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    Doesn't make sense to ship it all the way there, probably just discharge the hoppers once they reach international waters...
    Na, that's what Dunsink Lane is for ;)


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