[Growwine] National Post take on bottle plant closing

[Richard Best]

Larry Paterson wrote:
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> *       /31 Jul 2008 /
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> *       /National Post/
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> *       /DAVID MENZIES Financial Post /
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>   Fake 'green' campaign kills real jobs 1
>   <http://digital.nationalpost.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?article=9f9c9243-b734-431a-a931-83a4e937412b&key=QmoiK5csRiQcbX3BCpwHyQ%3d%3d&issue=10062008073100000000001001#anchor1>
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> More than 400 employees of the Owens-Illinois glass plant in Toronto 
> received a shock on Tuesday when they discovered their factory is 
> being tossed upon the scrap heap of obsolescence come September.
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> Also of note, Tetra Paks are derived from virgin pulp and aluminum. As 
> such, the manufacture of Tetra Pak containers requires excessive 
> energy consumption and needlessly depletes natural resources. By 
> comparison, almost 100% of all refillable glass bottles are recovered. 
> "The LCBO has not produced any credible, validated thirdparty 
> assessment of the environmental claims it is making regarding 
> alternative packaging," notes Stroucken. Owens-Illinois's Toronto and 
> Brampton plants are situated within 100 kilometres of every major 
> beverage alcohol producer in the province, making it a localized 
> packaging solution.
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It would be interesting to find out how much energy is used/saved by 
recycling each of the container types.  For example, recycling your 
aluminum Coke or beer can saves about 1/3 of a can of oil; a PET bottle 
of water requires three equivalent bottles of water PLUS a bottle of 
petroleum to produce! Since glass can go from final product straight 
into another final product, it seems reasonable that glass is the 
enviro-friendlier option. Anybody got any facts or numbers?

Regards,
Richard Best - The Frugal Oenophile

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