Glass is the most expensive material to recycle due to the low commodity value and the material weight, which is costly to transport, Cairns said. “At an average value of $15 per ton, recycled glass ...

The Glass Recycling Foundation (GRF), a Michigan-based nonprofit focused on promoting glass recycling, has released its 2024 Impact Report, highlighting $137,000 in grants. The grant money has ...

Glass recycling was paused in October due to unexpected changes in the recycled glass market, which caused the city’s previous glass processor to stop accepting material, according to a city news ...

Louisiana has two problems: an eroding coastline and limited glass recycling. Engineer Franziska Trautmann is solving both by turning bottles into beach sand.

Ripple Glass provides huge collection sites for glass, such as this one just off South Grand. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer announced plans to end alley recycling on May 15, just one day before an EF3 ...

A new report examining Atlanta's recycling efforts released this month says the city could be doing more to keep waste out of landfills.

In British Columbia, not all items placed in the blue bin are successfully recycled. However, when it comes to glass, the province may have achieved a true zero-waste system. CBC’s Darius ...

Glass recycling is back in Seattle after a nearly year-long hiatus. Bottled-beverage drinkers kept putting their empties in recycling bins, but the recycling loop shattered after the region’s ...

After a months-long hiatus, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) said glass placed in residential customers’ blue bins is being recycled into products again.

Glass recycling was disrupted last year after a wine bottle plant closed, depriving Seattle's recycling network of its main glass buyer and hobbling the system.

Composite Recycling has announced a strategic collaboration with Owens Corning’s glass reinforcements business to develop sustainable solutions for composite waste and advance industrial-scale ...