it’s time to give glass a second chance. container glass is: –100% recyclable –can be recycled...
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it’s time to give glass a second chance
• Container glass is:– 100% recyclable– can be recycled endlessly– is a primary ingredient in
fiberglass insulation and in new glass containers
why recycle glass
a need for glass recycling in kc
10 million empty Boulevard bottles end up in Kansas City-area landfills.
160 million pounds of glass containers fill the Kansas City waste stream.
each year:
The people behind Boulevard Brewing Company want to find a way to reduce the amount of glass waste in KC.
need source data
introducing ripple glass
kansas city’s first truly local glassrecycling company
collection processing manufacturing
• Price Chopper – Metcalf / 75th
• Whole Foods – Metcalf / 91st
• Corinth Square – Mission / 83rd
• Gomers – Holmes / 99th
• City of Overland Park Recycling Center – Hardy / 119th
• Deer Creek Marketplace – Metcalf / 135th
• Sprint Campus – off Glenwood• Central States Beverage
Company – Wyandotte / 142nd
Ripple Glass – recycle near you!
community supporters of ripple glass
