http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/is-glass-recycling-worthwhile/ Carbon Emissions Trade Discussion and Software Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:58:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/is-glass-recycling-worthwhile/#comment-198 Peter Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:29:19 +0000 http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/is-glass-recycling-worthwhile/#comment-198 The actual report by Grant Thornton is available <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.grant-thornton.co.uk/pages/press_room-press_releases-consumers_recycling_hits_glass_ceiling_according_to_new_research.html">here</a>. The actual report by Grant Thornton is available here.

]]> http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/is-glass-recycling-worthwhile/#comment-197 Alex Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:30:04 +0000 http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/is-glass-recycling-worthwhile/#comment-197 As I understand it, making glass using 100% virgin raw materials generates 700 kg of CO2 per tonne of glass produced. This is divided into 500 kg in process-related emissions, and 200 kg in combustion energy. Using 100% cullet (recycled glass) avoids the process-related emissions entirely, while maintaining the combustion energy at 200 kg CO2/tonne of glass. In a carbon context that sounds pretty good to me! As I understand it, making glass using 100% virgin raw materials generates 700 kg of CO2 per tonne of glass produced. This is divided into 500 kg in process-related emissions, and 200 kg in combustion energy.
Using 100% cullet (recycled glass) avoids the process-related emissions entirely, while maintaining the combustion energy at 200 kg CO2/tonne of glass. In a carbon context that sounds pretty good to me!

]]> http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/is-glass-recycling-worthwhile/#comment-181 Brad Ewing Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:00:56 +0000 http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/is-glass-recycling-worthwhile/#comment-181 Does anyone have cost-benefit statistics for this? How has decomposition rate been taken into account for this report? I feel like this post is tough to accept without hard data. Does anyone have cost-benefit statistics for this? How has decomposition rate been taken into account for this report? I feel like this post is tough to accept without hard data.

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