Overlooked Materials offers Chattanooga's first curbside glass recycling service since 2018 and first local processing since the 1980s. And, we're here to last as long as your glass (a long time).
When you’re finished with that bottle or jar you have three options:
Our goal is to build cost-effective recycling ecosystems for materials where current recycling models aren’t effective or don’t exist. Help us fill in the gaps as we work toward a sustainable Chattanooga.
Learn moreKeeping materials hyper-local makes the entire process more environmentally friendly and less costly. Your glass gets picked up, recycled, and used again right here in the region.
We’re all in this together. We’ll promote businesses and organizations that partner with us, and you’ll be a part of something bigger. Join us at our facility to see your glass recycled in real-time.
We’ve invested in a process that can provide enough capacity for all the glass waste in the Chattanooga area. We’re here for the long haul—and we hope you are, too.
We’ve invested in a process that provides enough capacity for all the glass waste in the Chattanooga area. We’re here for the long haul—and we hope you are, too.
Sign up nowTake your glass straight to the curb. We’ll pick it up once per month and give you exclusive access to our production facility.
Learn moreGive your residents a perk they truly want. Offer community-wide glass recycling to reduce your neighborhood’s waste (and claim awesome bragging rights to attract new residents).
Learn moreAs a Chattanooga business, you can’t take your glass to the recycling center. Unless you’ve come up with a creative solution, most of your glass finds its way to the landfill. Join these other business and organizations who have already partnered with us, and we’ll change that for you.
Learn moreThe Scenic City, River City, Hill City, Gig City–Chattanooga has a lot of nicknames! Let’s try another one on for size: Glass City. It may not roll off the tongue easily, but it rings true. Or at least it did ring true. Chattanooga was once the glass capital of the South.
Read MoreMy family and I moved to Chattanooga in early 2021 with 3 young daughters in tow. We were living in Germany at the time, and the weight of the pandemic was bearing down on us. As my wife and I contemplated this next step in life, it was important for us to find a community where we could see ourselves raising our family.
Read MoreGlass recycling is tricky, especially for mid-sized cities like Chattanooga. Did you catch our note about that truck making a ~250 mile return journey to pickup our glass? This happens because there is no local processing of glass. To set up a processing facility that can clean and sort glass efficiently, you need A LOT glass.
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