Reuse of bottles?

[maddbrewer]

Question: Does anyone out there have any ideas for doing something with bottles, besides throwing them in the dumpster? I have heard (I think?) of some brewies giving them to concrete companies, which can be used in the making of "sparkling" concrete. The reason being is, the brewery I work for throws a ton of glass away everyday. So I'm trying to come up with a better or these days a "green" way of disposing of this glass. Hopefully some good ideas will come my way. Maybe even a contact or two with some breweries that work with a concrete company. Thanks guys (and ladies)...Cheers!

[Straub]

What happened to recycling???

We run about 20% of our volume in returnables (12 & 16 oz.) but thats not really an option for new age micro breweries.

[BubbaBeerBacon]

[QUOTE=maddbrewer] So I'm trying to come up with a better or these days a "green" way of disposing of this glass. QUOTE]

If its returnable glass you could always send them to us !

[einhorn]

In what kind of condition are the bottles? Are these NR bottles that you are picking up from customers or is this breakage from bottling?

[BubbaBeerBacon]

Note sure if the question was for me!!!

We do mostly returnable glass, although we get a few requests from other countries on one-way glass for export!!!

Prost!

Ps.
We get most of our returnables from Germany by the way ;)

[einhorn]

Actually I was interested in the condition of the bottles which are being disposed of (main post).