Glass

Due to an increased demand for service, New Orleans officials announced that the city is expanding its recycling drop-off program. The program was initially launched eight years ago...

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada’s Zero Waste Centre, which opened in February, is part of the city’s new plan to achieve zero waste by 2040. The C$2 million facility, located at 8588 Yukon Street, replaces the Recycling Depot that had been...

Phoenix-based GlassKing Recovery & Recycling collects and recycles glass from businesses and then turns it into usable product for distribution. Some of the popular items collected include windshields and beverage bottles from restaurants and...

With China leaning hard on plastics exporters to dramatically boost bale quality, proponents of bottle bill laws stand firm that these laws are critical. Supporters assert such legislation generates more, and cleaner, materials. But...

Fifty years ago, curbside recycling was reborn. The American Paper Institute gave a grant to the city of Madison, Wis., to test the collection of newspapers from the curbside. When the first bag of papers was collected, Madison joined San...

The City of New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY), in partnership with Sims Municipal Recycling, has released its fourth waste characterization study titled “2017 NYC Residential, School, and NYCHA Waste Characterization Study,” which provides...

Salt Lake Brewing Company, a Salt Lake City--based brewery, has always placed an emphasis on sustainability. Thanks to a partnership with local startup Momentum Recycling, the brewery has been able to not only participate in a glass recycling...