Well, hello there and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you were

listening to a bonus episode where I am answering a listener question of the

Sustainable Minimalist Podcast. Today I am doing my absolute best to answer Vanessa's

question. Vanessa wrote to me a question so I'm actually going to read her

question and then I'm going to give you my answer and as always in these bonus episodes I try to be as quick and

concise but also as thorough as I can be so here we go. Vanessa writes, hey Stephanie, I wanted to leave a voicemail,

but I'm currently trying to keep my newborn asleep,

so I thought I'd send you a message.

My question is related to Glass.

I just moved to a small country town and for some reason they stopped

accepting glass for recycling. I had purposely been buying more glass products to avoid

plastic as much as possible because I knew that glass was more more glass

I don't know what I do because I knew that glass was more sustainable.

But now that they are not accepting glass,

I don't know what to do with all this extra glass that I have

and I also don't want to go back to buying plastic versions.

Do you have any suggestions?

Well, Vanessa, excellent question.

I must say, as a side note, on a personal level. I learned an awful lot in researching my answer for your question.

So let's get started with some background, with some glass facts, if you will.

Glass is made from natural raw materials such as sand which is

also known as silica, soda ash, and limestone. But to make glass you need very high temperatures to take those

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