The honcho's down out Boulevard Brewery realized that not only were their beer bottles taking up a significant chunk of local landfills (over 10 million per year), but Kansas City needed a better glass recycling initiative. Their solution: Ripple Glass.
Take your empty beer and wine bottles, pickle and salsa jars, and your Snapple to an area drop off location and throw it in a Ripple Glass purple bin. It's that simple. No sorting, no de-labeling. They'll be picked up and taken to a local processing plant and be turned into insulation by local company, Owens Corning among other things.
One six pack of beer bottles produces enough recycled material for an eight foot panel of recycled insulation?
You'll begin seeing the purple recycling bins at area locations beginning November 1st, 2009. You may pick up a purple recycling bin for your home at any KC metro Price Chopper store for $4.99.
There will be over 60 drop off locations throughout the metro, most within three miles of Kansas City residents.
Ripple Glass Quick Facts:
- Begins November, 2009
- Pick up a purple bin @ any Price Chopper
- Over 60 Metro Drop Off Locations
- No need to sort or de-label
- Free
- Helping the environment by keeping bottles and processing local
For more on Ripple Glass, visit their website
For more on Kanas City Recycling, see our article
