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I wonder where this mountain of bottles is, or where they come from. I am not aware of any collections of glass bottles for recycling in Israel.
Some years ago, someone had a paper recycling plant in Israel. The raw paper was imported, used paper from Germany. It was apparently cheaper or simpler than collecting paper in Israel. (Paper recycling is gaining in acceptance here now.)
the photographer writes:
"I went to the old glass factory in Yeruham. At the back there are acres of mountains and carpets of glass, mostly broken with some attempt to set apart different colours."
That makes sense. Perhaps they have more than enough glass to recycle so they don't want / need anymore.
Thanks.
According to Samuel Kurinsky's interesting book, glass itself was an invention of the Jews, who continued to be the greatest exponents of glassmaking and glassworking down to the time of their establishment of the Venetian glass industry.
The term "ghetto" originates in Venice and comes from the Italian term "Jitto" (sp?), which refers to 'foundry', the dirtiest, most unpleasant part of town. Jews were restricted to only living there. Similarly in Rome, Jews were forced to live only near the river, in low-lying areas, where they were frequently flooded.
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