Ripple Glass Recycling Expands to New Cities and States
Ripple Glass, Kansas City, MO is expanding to collect recycled glass in a dozen cities in five states, including Lincoln, NE; Eureka Springs, Ark.; Iowa City and Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Topeka, Fort Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Fort Riley, Kansas.
Less than two years after its launch, these communities have begun shipping their recycled glass bottles and jars to Ripple Glass in Kansas City. “We’re still alive and that’s exciting for us,” said Jeff Krum, an executive at Boulevard Brewing Co. and a co-founder of Ripple Glass. “It’s all about volume. The demand for cullet is close to limitless.”
Ripple Glass currently has 80 drop-off collection bins around the Kansas City area and has expanded to about 70 bars and restaurants in the center of the city. And that program is spreading as well. “Our hope is to do the entire metro within 12 months,” says Krum. Deffenbaugh Industries hauls the collection bins to Ripple Glass for processing.
The recycled glass is used to make fiberglass insulation at Owens Corning and new glass bottles and jars at Verallia’s Tulsa, Oklahoma plant. “The neat thing is the amber glass we’re sorting goes to the company that makes Boulevard beer bottles,” Krum said. “We’re no longer a closed loop in the metro, but a continuous loop that can be regional indefinitely.” More
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