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Well, yes, technically it's glass, but it has boron in it which substantially alters its chemical characteristics, and it can't be recycled with soda-lime glass ("standard" glass).

No, ceramics are a particular problem, it's not just to "keep you on the ball". Slivers of ceramics (particularly Pyrex etc) can look very similar to glass, yet they do change the viscosity of the glass and all the glass smelted together is ruined if contaminated with ceramic content, and it's...

Actually, I find that kids are better than most adults :D, presumably because they've been brought up with it and learned at school. I'm temporarily living in a complex with a big recycling skip, and every single time I put stuff in, it's full of stuff wrapped in plastic shopping bags, pizza...

I don't think you were littering, and I definitely wouldn't have had a go at you about it (what is up with some people that they view life as combat? :confused:)... but I used to do the same thing until a friend of mine pointed out that the seeds in the apples could - duh - grow into an apple...