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it’s time to give glass a second chance. why recycle glass. Container glass is: 100% recyclable can be recycled endlessly is a primary ingredient in fiberglass insulation and in new glass containers. a need for glass recycling in kc.
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why recycle glass • Container glass is: • 100% recyclable • can be recycled endlessly • is a primary ingredient in fiberglass insulation and in new glass containers
a need for glass recycling in kc The people behind Boulevard Brewing Company want to find a way to reduce the amount of glass waste 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: need source data
introducing ripple glass kansas city’s first truly local glass recycling company collection processing manufacturing
Ripple Glass – recycle near you! • 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
Stacia Stelk, Executive Director 816-221-GLASS (4527) stacia@rippleglasskc.com