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And your business probably contributes to that statistic—but it’s not really your fault. There hasn’t been a way for you to recycle all that glass. At least, not until now.
A cost-effective, hyper-local, glass recycling solution.
You put your glass in the bins. We pick it up. All of Chattanooga benefits.
It’s that simple.
You work towards a zero-waste community: Glass is just one more thing that ends up in a landfill—but it doesn’t have to! Glass is 100% recyclable.
You help preserve natural resources: Recycled glass creates sand, gravel, and other materials that reduce our reliance on local mining.
You make a positive impact on your customers and community: When you prioritize sustainability, you stand out as a local organization that cares about your community (and your customers will thank you!).
Locals and tourists alike are drawn to sustainability efforts. When you recycle your glass with us, you set your business apart from the rest. Take a step further and use our materials for your landscaping. Not only does it make for a good story to tell your customers, it helps preserve the natural beauty of our area. So go ahead… give the people what they want!
Sign upMaking an impact doesn’t have to break the budget. Set your business apart from the rest for just the cost of just a couple of dishes or a single bar tab.
Your monthly fee depends on the number of bins you want and how often you’d like your glass recycling picked up. Use the table below to see our different pricing options.
$20-35
1 bin – $20
2 bins – $28
3 bins – $35
Set up fee: $25 per bin
$45
1 bin – $45
Set up fee: $75
$65-125
1 bin – $65
2 bins – $95
3 bins – $125
Set up fee: $75 per bin
$150-225
2 bins – $150
3 bins – $190
4 bins – $225
Set up fee: $75 per bin
Glass is fundamentally a 100% recyclable material. However, glass has a lower recovery value compared with other recyclables like aluminum, tin, and cardboard. The collection & processing of glass introduces all sorts of safety and maintenance challenges into single stream recycling processes. As a result, glass is not collected curbside in the much of the US.
Here in the Chattanooga region, more than 90% of post-consumer glass is not recycled. That’s more than 10,000 tons per year in our area which ends up in area landfills. The volume of glass that residents do recycle is processed in a way which is economically and environmentally unsustainable. Trucks make ~250 mile roundtrip journeys to pick up the glass, and it currently costs the City of Chattanooga and other area municipalities more to recycle than it would to send the glass to a landfill.
Couple of things to unpack here!
The drop off recycling centers are usually restricted to residents only. This means that businesses—restaurants, hotels, offices, etc.—cannot use the drop off points. More than half of all glass waste comes from non-residential entities, and almost all of this “commercial” glass ends up in a landfill.
For residents, when you recycle with us you’ll not only save your time, but by eliminating the collective thousands of inefficient miles driven to drop off recyclables, we expect to conservatively reduce the carbon footprint of your recycling efforts by >75%. (Contact us if you want to talk our math!)
Not at all! The equipment we use leverages a patented process to mill and tumble glass. The resulting products are certainly rough (think coarse sand and gravel), but the sharp edges are gone. In effect, we do through milling what takes mother nature years to create through sea glass.
Contact us to learn more. We’ll strive to answer your questions as transparently as possible.
