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Glass is collected by local authorities and waste collection businesses as either a separate stream or as a mixed stream with [[Dry Recyclables]] for subsequent sorting at a suitable [[MRF]] (although this is increasingly being seen as an impediment to the quality of the other [[Dry Recyclables]] as glass breaks and contaminates them). | Glass is collected by local authorities and waste collection businesses as either a separate stream or as a mixed stream with [[Dry Recyclables]] for subsequent sorting at a suitable [[MRF]] (although this is increasingly being seen as an impediment to the quality of the other [[Dry Recyclables]] as glass breaks and contaminates them). | ||
The first stage of glass processing and recycling is crushing to form what is known as a cullet, colour sorting is then required prior using in remelt to make new products (i.e. bottles and jars where the colour of the final product is important and fundamentally affected by the colour of the input cullet) although other options include, for example, using cullet (that has not been colour sorted but has been sized and processed appropriately) as a [[Secondary Aggregate]] or as a filtration medium. | |||
A large proportion of glass is considered [[Packaging Waste]] and the [[Package Recovery Note]] target required is sub-divided into a remelt target to ensure glass has a higher financial incentive to go into a remelt use than a 'lower value' aggregate use. | A large proportion of glass is considered [[Packaging Waste]] and the [[Package Recovery Note]] target required is sub-divided into a remelt target to ensure glass has a higher financial incentive to go into a remelt use than a 'lower value' aggregate use. | ||
== Macro Tonnages == | == Macro Tonnages == | ||