Comments on: The glass recycling game

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:51:43 +0000

I also think the reusing the bottles is more efficient than melting them down Eric. The heat and electricity that it takes to melt glass is VERY expensive.

By: Hackius

Hackius — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:11:55 +0000

Sickboy: that’s not the way society works in Denmark. Nobody would even attempt that.

By: T&P

T&P — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:48:51 +0000

I would reuse some of the glass bottles I have (they are great containers), but its just the cops would hate it if I was driving down the street with a beer bottle full of tea…

By: Sickboy

Sickboy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:34:17 +0000

How long before the bank is filled up with non glass items when people run out of bottles to play with ?

By: Roly

Roly — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:24:39 +0000

Sure it’s VW Greenwash, but I think it’s a really great idea, worth it if only to help make recycling and reuse more cool. It’s an interesting take on the sorting problem, glass into different colours, metal into steel and ali, and “other”.

Come on fellas, how would you get your Arduino to tell the difference between, say, tin/ali, and brown/green glass? ;)

By: Ned Scott

Ned Scott — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:39:01 +0000

@jproach:

Actually reusing the bottles instead of re-melting them down is the most ideal situation, and would justify a lot of glass recycling. Unfortunately most glass recycling is done by melting the glass back down to make something new, which uses energy.

By: jproach

jproach — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:35:22 +0000

@ned scott: Even if its cheaper to make glass from scratch, it uses more energy and produces more pollution.

Some countries completely re-use glass bottles, which is even better (~98% in Denmark according to wiki).

By: blizzarddemon

blizzarddemon — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:58:36 +0000

This is awesome. Make it so an individual can enter in high score data and you got some serious recycling gamers on your hands. : )

By: Ned Scott

Ned Scott — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:59:32 +0000

That’s cool and all, but in reality there’s no need to sweat recycling glass. It’s a non-toxic, naturally occurring material. There’s no danger of us running short on material needed to make glass. It actually becomes a burden to recycling centers that struggle to get rid of the glass, since no one wants to buy it back (cheaper to make it from scratch, etc). It’s far more important to focus on things like plastic and aluminum.

By: jimmys

jimmys — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:07:03 +0000

Ha! to S, rather than Viadd!

By: jimmys

jimmys — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:02:08 +0000

Viadd-

No, I believe he’s black so that makes you a racist.

Go back to your klan meeting, racist. You might find his point is a valid one, if you can get past your bigotry.

By: S

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:52:25 +0000

Vladd,
Are you republican by chance? What is life without risk? Preschool. Grow up.

By: sneakypoo

sneakypoo — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:42:49 +0000

@BigD145: Depends on what choice the owners of the outlet made when they signed their contract. You can make an active choice to only buy electricity produced by renewable resources here in Sweden.

And here’s a random chart I found listing a few different companies and how much of their electricity comes from what source:
(Kärnkraft=Nuclear, Fossilt=Fossil, Förnybart=Renewable [bunch of text] = Only water and wind)
http://www.mrgreen.nu/blog/20080129/varifran-kommer-elen/

By: Viadd

Viadd — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:18:37 +0000

Great, a game that requires people to hold glass bottles in their hands and slam them into things as fast as they can.

What could possibly go wrong?

I prefer the staircase that makes amusing sounds as you roll baby carriages down it.

By: georgewuzheer

georgewuzheer — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:08:06 +0000

Simply genius, this could definitally become big. Just slap on a solar panel and some sign boards for ad space.