Why recycling glass doesn't make you green
Recycling advocate Helen Spiegelman looks at the economics of glass recycling, and comes to a solution that may not be as green as you'd think.
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After a career championing the merits of recycling, Helen Spiegelman started questioning if recycling glass really saves energy. The co-founder of Campaign for Real Recycling in Vancouver and founder of Zero Waste Vancouver shares her findings with Jim Brown.