The Northeast Resource Recovery Association (NRRA) is notifying all New England municipalities that glass is an extremely valuable material.
Whether crushed to a 3/8s minus specification for reuse under roads, sidewalks, and parking lots, or melted and reused for other glass products, it most certainly is not trash and it can be recycled at a much lower cost per ton than either single stream recycling or trash disposal.
Glass is detrimental for both incinerators and single stream processing plants and its disposal as waste will only accelerate the loss of landfill capacity.
The recent international recycling market upheaval has put a tremendous strain on municipal recycling budgets and programs. NRRA recognizes that cities and towns are in a tough spot with no easy answers. They are facing rapidly rising recycling costs unheard of only a year ago, and NRRA stands ready to help them “recycle right.”
Published in the August 2018 Edition
