[MissoulaGov] Recycling

[Derek Goldman]

I too, have been trying to purchase glass cullet with which to "gravel" my driveway, landscape etc, as I really do not want to contribute to gravel mining if I do not have to. (besides, it looks hot!) I tried to purchase some from LS Jensen who helped MUD coordinate the pulverization at the Caras Park Earth Day festival. I was told that Msla Fed Credit Union already had dibs on all that glass for their new building...I'm still looking.
My point is, it seems that there is ample supply of glass that folks want to recycle and ample demand for the cullet. I imagine it would just take an enterprising business student to figure out how to connect up the supply and demand to make this pencil out in Missoula. 

Bob, I hope you win another term. Not only has your voice and your vote on council been extremely valuable to our community, but so has this listserve. This is an "extra" thing that you do without extra compensation. The list has really added A LOT to government transparency and local issue understanding (I know I continue to learn something every week on this list). Thanks so much for your service to the community. 


 
 
 



> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:51:33 -0600
> From: jmcgrath at missoulahousing.org
> To: petetalbot at montana.com; missoulagov at cmslists.com
> Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Recycling
> 
> When I go to my credit union's new bank on Russell, I can look at the
> walls and see the beer bottles I personal emptied to contribute to the
> structure. :-) 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com
> [mailto:missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com] On Behalf Of Pete Talbot
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:51 AM
> To: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> Subject: [MissoulaGov] Recycling
> 
> I've been following the glass recycling issue for years.  Here's some
> info:
> 
> Believe it or not, you can recycle glass in Drummond and Phillipsburg --
> 
> I've been told it's crushed into aggregate.  Someone also mentioned 
> Butte but I haven't been able confirm that.
> 
> Helena crushes glass but the folks there sort of frown on people from 
> outside the county bringing their glass to Helena.
> 
> Bozeman used to take glass but quit doing it (the city basically just 
> spread the ground glass around its dump site).
> 
> It's true what Bob Jaffe says about glass being the least desirable of 
> all the things we recycle (in terms of resource availability, energy use
> 
> and  toxicity).  Still, it seems like there should be a better plan than
> 
> just dumping it in the landfill.
> 
> Ethel MacDonald has it right, of course; glass containers should have a 
> deposit and should be reused.  The two bottle bills that went before 
> Montana voters in the past were both defeated after massive anti-bottle 
> bill campaigns were launched by the beverage industry.
> 
> Please continue to pursue and improve the recycling of glass, and other 
> commodities, in Missoula.  Matt Hisel was spot on about the 
> opportunities for small business, economic development opportunities, in
> 
> the recycling arena.
> 
> Pete Talbot
> 
> 
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