Cullet LLC, a company building circular glass systems and infrastructure, has formed Cullet Ohio, a new regional operating entity created to acquire the assets of Repeat Glass LLC, a Northeast Ohio glass recycling company.
Cullet LLC will hold a majority ownership stake in Cullet Ohio. Repeat Glass founder Jamie Arnold will roll significant equity into the new entity and join Cullet as vice president, business development, based in the Cleveland–Akron metropolitan area.
The transaction establishes Cullet’s first operating platform and advances its strategy to build regional glass reuse and recycling systems across the United States.
Gregory Leibert, founder and chief executive officer of Cullet LLC, will continue to lead the company’s strategic vision, capital formation, expansion, and educational initiatives.
Glass is one of the most recyclable materials in the world, yet in the United States less than one-third of glass is recycled. Much of it enters single-stream systems, where breakage and contamination prevent it from returning to new container production.
Cullet’s model addresses this structural gap through source separation at home and work, partnering with restaurants, bars, wineries, breweries, distilleries, music venues, and event spaces to ensure glass is separated on site.
Cullet Ohio will focus on local processing and long-term value retention by:
- Expanding source-separated glass collection across Northeast Ohio
- Strengthening community, hospitality, municipal and producer partnerships
- Producing manufacturing-grade cullet suitable for container-to-container recycling
- Establishing the foundation for modern reuse systems
By keeping glass clean and local, Cullet aims to strengthen regional supply chains, reduce long-haul transport of heavy glass and cullet, and retain economic value within the communities it serves.
“Source separation and regional infrastructure are the foundations for rebuilding America’s glass economy into a circular system,” said Leibert, “We’re not simply collecting glass; we’re redesigning how it moves through communities, so it retains its highest value. Cullet Ohio represents the first step in building durable, scalable platforms that reconnect local collection to manufacturing, and soon reuse.”
Jamie Arnold brings more than a decade of entrepreneurial experience building glass recycling businesses. Prior to Repeat Glass, Arnold spent seven years as founder and operator of GlassBandit in Kansas City (now operating as Crush Glass KC), expanding the business throughout the region before exiting to relocate his family.
Arnold has developed partnerships with communities, educators, hospitality groups, municipalities, glass processors, manufacturers and sustainability leaders.
Published June 2026