Smashing idea: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ drinking glasses
Smashing idea: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ drinking glasses
www.theguardian.com
Smashing idea: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ drinking glasses
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video essay about these:
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That's where I'd heard of them, that channel is a goldmine.
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The crowdfunding campaign to revive this technology but make it recyclable sounds a bit weird, given that conventional glass recycling typically cannot handle broken drinking glasses or similar, but only packaging glass.
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This is the first time in my life I've heard that broken glass isn't recyclable. That's wild..
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Didn't read the article eh?
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No glass can be infinitely recycled without adding virgin materials, though
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Dropped from two meters onto a sprung wooden dance floor or onto tarmac? Saying only the height is basically useless
Exactly! Let them come drop them on my tile-over-slab kitchen floor! I had to buy mats because I was tired of everything shattering. Also I mostly drink from acrylic "glasses."
Just how frequently ARE you dropping glasses?
I've dropped porcelain from higher than 2 meters onto hardwood and not smashed it. I've also dropped porcelain from a height of about 3 inches into the sink and smashed it. Shit really seems random sometimes.