Glass and plastic both require virgin material, else you’d get garbage out.
Everything I’m reading suggests the problem with glass recycling is contamination, and that once that’s accounted for what’s left over can be infinitely recycled without quality loss.
Everything I’m reading suggests the problem with glass recycling is contamination, and that once that’s accounted for what’s left over can be infinitely recycled without quality loss.
Source? Ive never found a factory that does this in practice. They all add virgin material
Unfortunately I’m not finding much explicit information on the specific processes, just that it’s possible.
Now of course just because it can be recycled indefinitely, doesn’t mean it is in practise. Could be contamination, colouring, or just plain cost.
I don’t think infinitely recyclable doesn’t mean it doesn’t need virgin material. I don’t know what that would be called