Re: Winery visit

Ed P wrote:
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We have no deposits in this state.  we do have recycling pickup and
glass goes someplace to be re-processed.  This winery just cleans and
uses the bottle as is. Minimal processing.
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 From their website.
Wine Bottles
We take 750 ml. wine bottles and 12 oz (355 ml.) beer bottles in all
shapes and colors. Please be sure to rinse out your empty wine and beer
bottles with clean water before dropping them off to us. This will help
remove any leftover wine or beer residue that could attract bugs.
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We do not, however, take other Florida winery wine bottles. We believe
their bottles should be returned back to them.
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Did you know that more than 300 million cases of wine are sold in the
United States each year? An estimated 70% of these wine bottles end up
in our local landfills (per the EPA) and for every ton of glass that we
have to replace, 384 lb. of mining waste is created. For every ton of
glass that we have to replace, we have to use 1,330 lb. of sand, 433 lb.
of soda ash, 433 lb. of limestone, 30 lb. of air pollution and 151 lb.
of feldspar.
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Glass wine and beer bottles never wear out and they can be recycled and
reused forever. By only using recycled wine and beer bottles, we have
reduced our carbon footprint by a whopping 60%!

  that's awesome, that is how glass should be reused and not
broken up and then made back into glass again (even if it does
help reduce the energy needed it still is a waste to break up
a good bottle only to remelt and reform it).


  songbird