Why California’s glass products are using less cullet
The post Why California’s glass products are using less cullet appeared first on Resource Recycling News. California’s glass bottle and fiberglass insulation manufacturers continue to use less recycled cullet in their products, state documents show. The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) reported that, in 2018, bottle makers used
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