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plastic bags through some grocery store chains and dry <br /> cleaners. However, all plastic resins are recyclable, <br /> and plastics recycling is very new. As plastics <br /> processing facilities become available in the area, other <br /> plastics will be accepted by recycling centers and <br /> curbside collection programs for recycling. <br /> E. Glass: <br /> At this time, 25% of the glass in the County's waste <br /> stream is being recycled. Much of that is attributable to <br /> the State's beverage container redemption program. Almost <br /> 20% of the glass in the waste stream is not currently <br /> recyclable, because it consists of light bulbs, plate <br /> glass, pyrex, and mirrored glass, but there is potential <br /> for additional diversion of recyclable glass. <br /> Glass is made from non-renewable but very plentiful <br /> and inexpensive raw materials, however glass should be <br /> recycled since it requires more non-renewable resources <br /> to make virgin glass than to recycle existing glass into <br /> new bottles or other products. <br /> California redemption and other recyclable glass is <br /> collected by most recycling programs now. There is a <br /> major glass manufacturing facility in the County, so the <br /> challenge for glass recycling in the County may not be <br /> the availability of markets but developing programs that <br /> improve the quality of the diverted material. Even small <br /> amounts of contaminants like ceramic or pyrex material <br /> can cause major problems in glass furnaces and production <br /> equipment. Color sorting of the flint, green and amber <br /> glass is also important, since only limited quantities of <br /> mixed color cullet can be tolerated in the production of <br /> flint or colored glass. <br /> There are regulatory impediments to using glass for <br /> Chapter 4 - Recycling 6 <br />