Comments on: Glass Drive part deux

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:21:37 +0000

I was very disappointed to see signs saying “no more glass” when I arrived at the glass drive around 1:45 on Sunday. It was a waste of my time to collect the glass.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:40:23 +0000

I have some questions regarding some of the economics behind this type of construction material, including: Is MFCU going to buy the crushed glass cullet? If so, how much is the crushed glass cullet going to cost per ton? Is the labor to run the pulverizer going to be volunteer?
Is there anywhere I can inquire to find these things out?
Thanks!

By: marketingmfcu

marketingmfcu — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:19:56 +0000

Carol,

For both removing labels and cleaning your containers, just do the best you can. If there are lots of labels left on, they can start to gum up the pulverizer machine. Also, the glues can react with the flyash, as can the enzymes in food left in the containers. You don’t need to run containers through a dishwasher or get them squeaky clean. Just give ‘em a good rinse to get out the majority of the chunks (or sugars for beverage containers) and pull off as much of the label as you can.

We still have to wash the pulverized glass, but the less that’s left in there, the fewer times it needs to be rinsed…which means we use less water.

See at the Glass Drive!

By: carol

carol — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:10:47 +0000

How strict is the “remove labels” directive? Should we just do the best we can?

By: mary meacham

mary meacham — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:29:24 +0000

This is such a great idea!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:17:40 +0000

Thanks so much for repeating the glass drive, however, I think more publicity early on would be helpful. I missed the last one because I didn’t hear about it until it was too late to start saving the glass. Thanks for your “green” philosophy and support!