Don’t want to get political, but you have it right, Steve. I think the only problem with re-usable glass containers was the cost of labor to distribute, collect, clean and inspect (that translates to jobs) It just didn’t fit into the automated “Wal-Marting” reduced workforce of America. Soon the planet. The hypocrisy is staggering. We CAN as individuals do the right thing, as you say. 
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My grandfather solved the reuse peoblems decades ago. To this day I still wash his canning jars and refill then every fall when I harvest the garden… best thing I can do to help my health and the environment at the same time… 
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No idea if this is true. I have read that the only success in recycling is the lead acid battery. Recycling most other items consumes more resources than it saves.
Not talking about personal up-cycling.
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Glass bottles are successful as well. Mixed glass and rubber tires I think are used as underlayment for highways to good effect.
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Dan; Our township tried mixing glass in asphalt with no success. Big problem was we could not grind it to a find sand grade. Other than that, people complained about reflection off the road like driving in the rain. Tom C
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Glass recycling (flail milling into sand) is a process detrimental for the environment and society. It’s only useful as sand, and sand can be gotten far cheaper for the ROEI, and the planet as a whole. Re use of jars and bottles is one of the best environmental and energy use choices. But as pointed out, it leads to employment, and corporations don’t like that… 
So why is glass recycling a thing? Greenwashing to serve corporate interests. Make the end consumer feel solely responsible. Same strategy that was first rolled out by the plastic bottling industry when they switched from reusable bottles. Great for profits, bad for the planet and national energy security.
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My best friend works as a civil engineer for the state. He said they have used both glass and old tires crush or shredded as underlayment fill below the asphalt here. It wouldn’t be in the asphalt but he claimed the rubber helped reduce the payment shoving from heavy traffic because the rubber underlayment would flex and take some of the abuse.
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My last project in europe involved a slagging gasifier. The vitrified slag was subsequently mixed with concrete for road pavement.
Ashes from boiler here in the factory, are mixed with cement ( 20% ratio) to be used in road pavement and blocks.
That ashes contributes in a large way to reducing carbon footprint… ( less Co2 produced for less Cement ) and the origin is sustainable biomass for energy generation…
Actual a “zero emissions” goal
Its all about discipline and subsequential follow up… Having the right mindset does wonders…
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Dan I can understand the groud up tires in the “base stock”. An inch or two of that under the asphalt would act just like another inch or two of asphalt in the top coat. With the money we get for road construction, the most asphalt we can afford to put down is 2 in. Where we have heavy truck travel we went to 3 in. and it added to the life of the road. But can we afford to put down a couple of inches of rubber any better than we can add an inch of asphalt. TomC
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There you go.
It really is all about mindset.
Yours. As chosen and live-lived by you.
Take self-responsibly. You do not need prophets and leaders. Lead yourself.
Let the others sheeple-on.
Be the lemming bulking at the cliff edge: looking down saying, “Guys. That was really, really dumb.”
Walk on. Live life fully for another day.
And every day will be work.
If you ain’t body and skull sweating, stretching daily . . . . you just ain’t living.
S.U.
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Wasn’t sure where to post this, so I’m sticking it here.
I recently discovered a documentary and other BBC videos made about Fred Dibnah. He was our kind of guy—only steam was his technology of choice. I found out about him by falling into the YouTube trap which Tom made reference to recently. Steve U. recently noted that family problems sometimes result from the wood gas addiction. Fred Dibnah, unfortunately, was a similar victim who ended up marrying three times due to his obsessions.
In spite of that all too frequent tragedy, he was an interesting fellow. He eventually received one or two honorary doctorate degrees for his TV work. I believe he passed away in the early 2000s. If you are not familiar with him, check him out. Here is a link to the video which began his TV career. There are many other Fred Dibnah videos available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znMzDw3zosY
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I post this here for my friends out there…
I did read today on CNN people claiming that masks don’t help against the covid19 virus and or should stop buying them…
Let me say this: Those mask are your first barrier against such diseases , don’t neglect that…
The only reason that its not spreading faster in asia is because people are used to them… and they do use them.
Look to italy and europe, it spreads fast coz of no masks been worn before or to late…
Second barier is distance and washing hands more often, cleaning surfaces that might had many people contact/touch them.
So my friends, be aware and stay safe… its a nasty flue, more contagious then regular flue and a higher rate of mortality.
I just hate to post things as this…
At this moment we are quite safe in Thailand, but it is spreading…
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Its bad in Italy, but we as its neighbouring country havent got a single confirmed case yet. Coincidence? Schnaps might have some to do with it 
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Any body out here got any elderberry bush on there land, i heard the berrys are verry good for colds and flu. You can make tingtures Or just plain suryup.And or juice. In fact they used elderberrys during the spanish flu era too keep the flu back.The sticks and leaves are poison,Syinide.
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Yes elderberries grow like weeds around my farm. The berries are anti viral my uncle makes a big deal out of always having elderberry jelly on hand for the winter. Some people make wine out of the berries as well. They also put some type of toxin into the ground to stop other plants from competing with them much like walnut trees. Elderberries are the one thing that pigs would never remove from their pen when I was a kid.
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I gess the red elderberrys are too poison unless cooked. I see them mixing in honey helps the flavor. How tall are your elderberry bush getting, i need about a 12 feet or more tall bush hedge for road noise suppressor.
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Well I have eaten my share of raw elderberries and never been sick. As to height they would work they get about 15 feet tall or more. But they would make a poor hedge row too spindly the noise would pass straight through them. Around here elderberries and white lilacs have the same behavior they grow up taller with less undergrowth.
I have been meaning to get some weeping mulberries myself a friend of mine in Cleveland has some and they make a nice hedgerow. Ofcourse if you want year around protection you need a tree which doesn’t loose leaves.
Blue berries also make a nice hedgerow but only about 6 feet tall. Berries and an orchard are on my bucket list… someday when I am rich and famous I will have the time and money to invest in them…
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Hey Kevin, I make Elderberry wine every year, does that count?
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Well I don’t know if it will keep you from getting a cold but you probably won’t mind as much if you do…
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Thanks dan, i have drop off the road about 4 feet, my soil is full sand, so i plan on planting nine bark in front of the elderberrys, since they both have shallow root system, they wont mess with my gas line going out too the road, and there both fairly drought tollerant.Thanks for info.In the process i have less grass too cut, and some eatable berrys, and cold meds.Mostly i want too block the road view traffic.
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