Glass, Glass, and More Glass

It’s a brand-new year to learn more about recycling and get involved in cleaning up your community. One impactful way you can positively impact your community is recycling glass. Glass is 100% recyclable and can be reused indefinitely without losing quality. Every glass bottle or jar in your home from bottles of soda, wine, booze, food, and more can go towards creating glass products and reducing energy to create new glass from scratch.

You may wonder, what type of glass can be put in your curbside cart or dropped off at Green Stations? Empty glass bottles and jars that are clear, brown, or green are accepted. If the bottle or jar has a lid on it, that is okay. It’s as simple as that!

Even better, the glass you put in your curbside cart or drop off at a Green Station can be recycled right here in Pulaski County at the new glass recycling plant in North Little Rock. By recycling, you will help reduce landfill waste, conserve natural resources, and create jobs at the recycling
plant. The plant will also be able to manufacture a gravel like product from your recycled glass that reduces the cost of road and highway construction in Arkansas. Your recycled glass can also be turned into new glass bottles and jars, fiberglass insulation for homes, beads, tiles, backsplashes, countertops, and more.

So, to create jobs, reduce energy, and keep our local community waste free, put your empty glass bottles and jars in your curbside recycling cart, or drop them off at a Pulaski County Green Station. For more information on glass, go to MyDoRight.com.