11-21-2013, 11:48 AM
Here is a recycling idea that would actually generate some revenue:
My son is starting a business that requires glass jars. Like anything in Hawaii the shipping costs as much as the item and so a new16 oz. glass jar without the lid costs almost $2 by the time it arrives. All day long people are tossing out or recycling glass jars at the landfill. Those jars could be separated, so that the ones that have logos embossed in the glass go one direction and the plain jars go another direction. The plain jars get sorted by shape and size and sold to the local producers for honey, jam etc. A clean jar could be sold for 50 cents and everybody would be happy.
My son is starting a business that requires glass jars. Like anything in Hawaii the shipping costs as much as the item and so a new16 oz. glass jar without the lid costs almost $2 by the time it arrives. All day long people are tossing out or recycling glass jars at the landfill. Those jars could be separated, so that the ones that have logos embossed in the glass go one direction and the plain jars go another direction. The plain jars get sorted by shape and size and sold to the local producers for honey, jam etc. A clean jar could be sold for 50 cents and everybody would be happy.