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Spokane's recycled glass ends up in area landfill, due to lack of interested buyers
Each day, more than 250 tons of waste whirs by workers on conveyor belts at Waste Management’s recycling center on the West Plains.
Most of that material will be sold and repurposed by a company in Wenatchee that makes cartons for picked apples. Some of it will go to a paper mill and corrugated packaging specialist in Longview.
The glass, shattered into shards and housed in a shed at the back of the facility, is headed for a nearby landfill.
“Glass is a problem material, all over the country,” said Matt Stern, Waste Management’s director of recycling operations in the northwest.
Read more: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/dec/26/spokanes-recycled-glass-ends-up-in-area-landfill-d/