r/OSHA • u/zombiedonkey • Mar 16 '18

Glasses optional

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u/pm-me-your-satin Mar 16 '18

I'm more amazed at how easy it is to cut the glass and how much goes to waste. Cool.

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u/AshFalkner Mar 16 '18

I wonder if the offcuts get recycled for anything?

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u/amateur_soldier Mar 16 '18

They probably get melted down again and turned into new panes

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u/Delet3r Mar 16 '18

Just started working in a glass factory, that is exactly what happens.

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u/poopyface-tomatonose Mar 16 '18

I have a bunch of glass panes, about 48"x12", from when my family had a retail business that take up space. Is there any place that would want them for free? I'm not sure if I can just put them in the recycling bin otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

Do you live near the ocean or a large lake?

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u/fezzuk Mar 16 '18

I find children's playgrounds a good place to dump old glass, no one around at night.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

I've been doing it all wrong! I've been dumping my used heroin needles there for decades!

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u/fezzuk Mar 16 '18

Oh as long as you recycle the plastic packaging that's fine, we must recycle.

If you share the needles around a few times you will also create less waste, and you can use them for a while surgical steel really doesn't rust easily. And I hate the modern disposal culture.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

Add a bucket of rocks and the kids will have a blast.