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To the Commissioners:
The letter below appeared in THE LEADER last Wednesday.
I write to urge Heather, Heidi and Greg to ask Public Works to figure out a glass recycling solution even if it includes the County paying someone to recycle the glass or turning into
sand for icy streets.
This topic deserves more consideration than merely a letter to the editor from a "know it all" sitting on the sidelines if protecting the environment is an important policy goal of our
BoCC
David Alvarez, Port Townsend
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Subject: LETTER TO THE EDITOR-"GLASS IS TRASH?"
Date: 2024-12-16 10:05
From: alvarez@olympus.net
To: News <news@ptleader.com>
GLASS IS TRASH?
To the Editor:
Why does glass have to be trash? There is some urgency to getting glass recycled again since it appears much of our recycled plastic is sent abroad to be used as fuel. Despite the accustomed
route for glass recyclying no longer having commercial value, is there another route to the same objective: glass recycling?Is there a business out there able to grind the glass down
to sand-like size and then sell the end product? Could that silica be used to "sand" our icy and snowy roads? Is there some kind of agreement that could be worked out with our more
populous neighbor, Clallam County?
There is a good chance the County Public Works department has already studied alternatives to the now-defunct glass recycling route. If so, then THE LEADER should do a story on why glass
can't be recycled through a process not yet utilized. If not yet studied, why not prepare a Request For Proposal regarding this topic to see what results? Perhaps the "Students for
Sustainability" at the high school could start the ball rolling on this topic as their 2025 project?
David Alvarez, Port Townsend
678-642-6900