Why
Recycle
Glass
Glass can be recycled infinitely without losing its purity. Recycled glass has a wide variety of uses including sand for green construction projects and coastal erosion, recycled glass products and creating more glass. Recycled glass provides value to society and all of these uses are better than polluting our planet in a landfill. We are taking the extra step to ensure Nola does not lose the value of glass.
8 Tons
Every 8 tons of recycled glass prevents 1 ton of carbon emissions from entering the atmosphere.
8 Pounds
On average, each person creates 8 lbs of glass waste per month.
4 People
A household of 4 people can prevent 48 lbs of carbon emissions per year if they recycle their glass waste.
8 Jobs
On average, every 1000 tons of glass recycled creates 8 jobs.
60k Tons
About 60k tons of glass waste generated by Nola metro area each year. This translates to 480 potential jobs.
Glass Recycling Lagniappes
- In 2018 the USA glass recycling rate was only 31.3%
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Glass can take up to 4000 years to decompose in landfills. In that time a single glass bottle could have been used, recycled and recreated into a bottle again 48000 times!!!
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Louisiana has lost 447k acres of land to coastal erosion since 1930
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Louisiana loses a football field worth of land every hour to coastal erosion
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The US market for recycled glass products exceeds $3.3bn
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Sand is the second most used substance on Earth behind water. It is in shortage because of our voracious appetite for it and that desert sand is not molecularly applicable to construction purposes.