Questions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem

[Alex321]

Why are the best surgeons called eminent ?

For the same reason the best people in any professional field are called eminent.

The dictionary definition of the word is "Famous, respected, or important".

 

[Punkawallah]

Why are the best surgeons called eminent ?

AFAiK it comes from the Latin for ‘protuberant’.

 

[AndyRM]

Interesting. How does a machine differentiate between the different materials?

If your local recycling centre is anything like mine, machines aren't really involved. Humans do the sorting.

 

[Animo]

If your local recycling centre is anything like mine, machines aren't really involved. Humans do the sorting.

I always assumed that was the case, hence my original question as to why it would be preferable to now have glass mixed up with everything else.