http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Glass on paths en Sun, 31 May 2026 12:45:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17817#post-306603 Tue, 14 May 2019 15:35:11 +0000 amir 306603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cars do have the benefit of sweeping away glass :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17817#post-306596 Tue, 14 May 2019 15:08:39 +0000 DaveC 306596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed Amir, I always wonder about reporting glass, hoping the coucil will sweep it up but in the full knowledge that it will be replaced/resmashed very soon afterwards. The Cramond Prom is an example. Lots of sparkly bits on the prom and you know it is not quarts as when you remount the road, the shiney particles dissapear. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17817#post-306447 Sun, 12 May 2019 11:10:41 +0000 amir 306447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Coming off the Newcastle ferry this am, we guided a pair of Dutch guys to the centre of Newcastle. Whilst they we reasonably impressed by the cycle path, they were shocked by the amount of glass. The area around Wallsend was particularly badly affected. They said they'd never seen so much (in total! ).</p> <p>It is a hugely under reported aspect of cycling in the UK. Glass on the paths in Edinburgh and Midlothian sometimes just makes you want to go on the road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17817#post-252740 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:54:02 +0000 Klaxon 252740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm a fan of a deposit on plastic as well.</p> <p>Glass is bad for punctures and getting into cheap shoes but ultimately rather inert. Abandoned plastics are bad for the whole ecosystem.</p> <p>If one is investing millions into machines and building modifications to handle returns (it requires a dedicated room), one additional machine handling both sorts of material is a trivial extra. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17817#post-252739 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:34:39 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 252739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I did enjoy the fact that in the Netherlands a couple of years ago I could by 24 bottles of beer in a plastic crate for about 11 Euro. Then feed the crate of empties through a machine in the supermarket and get a 3 Euro voucher off my next crate of beer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17817#post-252736 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:11:37 +0000 hunnymonster 252736@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or as they do in Germany deposit on plastic bottles too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17817#post-252697 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:00:45 +0000 DaveC 252697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or reusable bottles like The Netherlands. Do away with glass once and for all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17817#post-252696 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:54:29 +0000 chdot 252696@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Steve Burgess: Time for a deposit return scheme</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/steve-burgess-time-for-a-deposit-return-scheme-1-4471562" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/steve-burgess-time-for-a-deposit-return-scheme-1-4471562</a> </p>