Ripple Glass launches commercial glass collection program in Atlanta

Ripple Glass has launched a new commercial glass collection program in Atlanta.

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The Kansas City, Missouri-based company says this expansion aims to help local businesses, including bars, restaurants and multi-unit housing divert discarded glass from landfills through recycling.

Ripple Glass is now accepting waitlist applications from businesses that generate glass waste, offering 64- and 96-gallon collection containers to meet the needs of multiple businesses.

“We’re thrilled to offer an easy, effective and affordable solution for businesses to recycle the glass that flows through their operations,” says Jamey Moran, commercial program manager at Ripple Glass. “This program not only helps prevent hundreds of tons of glass from entering local landfills, but it also contributes to the creation of valuable products—such as new beverage bottles and fiberglass insulation—that benefit both the community and the environment.”

Ripple Glass has worked with Tito’s Handmade Vodka since 2019. As a commercial program sponsor, Tito’s sponsorship covers the cost of set-up and first month of service fees for all new commercial customers.

“Tito’s is excited to continue our work with Ripple in the Atlanta market,” says Joseph Ligon, division sales manager at Tito’s Handmade Vodka. “We’ve seen firsthand the impact the program has made in Kansas City, where our initiative has resulted in nearly four million pounds of glass diverted from landfills. Expanding our sponsorship and support of this project was a clear choice.”

Ripple’s first commercial collection program launched in 2018 and currently services more than 500 businesses in the Kanas City, Missouri, metro area. Ripple Glass says it saw an opportunity to widen its scope of service to Atlanta after monitoring the success of its existing programs. The company says this initiative aligns with its commitment to providing recycling solutions and supporting sustainability and waste reduction at the local level.

Ripple Glass cleans and processes collected glass into cullet, a material which it says serves as a lower-energy alternative for manufacturing new glass products. The cullet produced by Ripple Glass is used by manufacturers, including Owens Corning, which transforms it into fiberglass insulation.