Find a glass recycling business

Every city provides different municipal regulations to handle recycled materials. Keep residential glass out of landfills by finding your local glass recycling company and its requirements for recycling. Glass must be separated by color and type to recycle. Some glass recycling businesses may sort the glass, but, others require you to sort them.

I recommend: Planet Recycling offers industrial products, including glass recycling equipment, as well as solutions to recycle glass. Earth911 offers a search engine to find local glass recyclers and information about glass recycling.

Sell recycled glass

Glass recycling as a business can be profitable since most glass manufacturers rely on a steady supply of cullet for production. Residential glass, such as wine bottles, soda bottles, vases, and decorative glassware are converted into new glass products.

I recommend: Visit Glassgo Exchange Network for a listing of glass recycling buyers. Check out the market price for various forms of recycled glass at RecycleNet.

Buy recycled glass

In the glass recycling business, the end product is a new glass product. To fulfill your recycling efforts, purchase recycled glass products. By buying glass made from recycled materials, you support recycling companies; these are usually small, local businesses. In addition, you save raw materials and energy. Recycled glass cullet heats quicker than raw materials and therefore requires less time and energy to process.

I recommend: The California Integrated Waste Management Board provides a list of companies selling recycled glass as new products. Contact EnviroGLAS for a recycled glass home and office building products.