Together we Give Glass a Second Life™. Drop off clean bottles and food jars for free at one of our hundreds of iconic purple bins, or power your restaurant or venue with turnkey commercial pick-up.
Located conveniently at grocery stores, community centers, and parks across Kansas City, Atlanta, and St. Louis. Open 24/7 and free for everyone.
Search by ZIP or City ↗Every bottle and jar gathered from homes, bars, and businesses is kept out of landfills and transformed into eco-friendly fiberglass insulation or brand-new containers.
Did you know glass makes up over 50% of the solid waste by weight generated in bars and restaurants?
With Ripple Glass commercial pickup, your business receives durable, heavy-duty rolling carts, reliable scheduled collections, and official recognition as a Certified Business Partner. You slash dumpster tipping fees while showing customers your commitment to our local environment.
Official window decals, marketing toolkit, and staff training included.
Clean, convenient tools to make sorting and transporting your empty beverage bottles and food jars second nature.
We accept all colors of food and beverage glass—beer and wine bottles, liquor bottles, jam jars, olive oil bottles, and spent candles. You don't even need to remove labels or metal caps!
Our signature purple recycling tote is durable, compact, and designed specifically for safely storing and hauling household bottles and jars to your neighborhood purple bin.
From the moment you drop a bottle into a purple bin, our team and advanced processing facility transform waste into vital raw materials.
Community recyclers and businesses deposit glass containers into purple bins and commercial rolling carts.
Glass travels to our processing plant where large non-glass items, metal lids, and debris are separated.
High-tech optical cameras sort glass colors at lightning speed before precise crushing into clean cullet.
Furnace-ready cullet is shipped to Owens Corning for insulation or local container plants for brand-new bottles.
New initiative will help local businesses recycle glass and reduce landfill waste, while supporting the local economy across Atlanta, Fulton, DeKalb, and surrounding counties.
Ripple Glass, a company of Strategic Materials, Inc., North America’s largest glass recycler, is collaborating with building materials leader Owens Corning to expand community glass recycling across the Atlanta metro.
Ripple Glass and The Recycling Partnership partner to offer an innovative residential curbside collection program for Roeland Park residents, bringing door-to-door glass recycling to the community.
While purple bins provide convenient free drop-off sites across towns, many residents and HOA communities want curbside convenience. We partner with local municipalities (like Roeland Park) and haulers to develop dedicated curbside glass routes.
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Proudly partnering with regional champions to Give Glass a Second Life™.
