Glass Cullet? Huh????

Glass cullet is the term for glass that has been recycled, cleaned, crushed and ready to be processed into new product.  Thanks to one of the coolest community programs I’ve seen lately, Ripple Glass is making it easy for  Kansas City residents to recycle their nearly 150 million pounds of used glass each year. 

Bravo to Boulevard Brewing Co. for going to such lengths to reverse the effects of their 10 million bottles disposed of annually.  That’s a lot of beer people! 

Ripple Glass is the culmination of Boulevard and other local companies and community organizations partnering to create a state of the art glass processing plant and 60 dedicated recycling containers placed throughout the city.  Coolest part of this?  A local company is now converting all that recycled glass into fiberglass insulation.  This will save tons of energy resulting in lower emissions while producing a product that helps save even more energy!

Interesting statistic:  Throughout the United States, nearly 30% of all glass containers are recycled. 

Scary statistic: Last year Greater Kansas City ranked last among major metropolitan areas with a recycling rate of 5%.

So here’s our chance KC.  Ripple Glass has made it SUPER easy to recycle all our food and beverage glass.

Step 1:  Go to any local Price Chopper and purchase a cool home/office personal collection bin.   It’s only $4.99 – affordable is good!!

Step 2:  Toss all your glass food and beverage containers into the bin.  No need to separate by color, remove labels or rinse the glass.  (I know you’re excited but don’t do crazy – no windows, cookware, dishes or as RG says, no ham sandwiches.)

Step 3: Go to www.rippleglasskc.com, locate the nearest collection container, swing by and dump your glass!

Step 4: REPEAT

See, super easy!  Let’s get Kansas City ranked at the top of national list.  I’m headed to Price Chopper right now to pick up two bins – one for the office and one for home!  I challenge all of you to do the same.

Peace + Love + Furniture (and glass recycling)

Courtnay