GLASS RECYCLING UPDATE

On Thursday we had a positive and productive meeting with the Jackson city solid waste department.
They will resume Monday and Thursday pickups of glass when we are ready for them. Right now we are waiting on 20 new glass bins to replace the ones that are falling apart. Recycling Services will be donating them. Thank them if you get the chance. This past Friday they did not have all the bins for us, so I will be checking with them again today, Monday. We will announce to this list when we are ready to resume glass pickup. Thanks for your patience. When we start up glass recycling again, the important thing to keep the program going will be insuring that the glass is clean. There will be a sign, like the one on the left here, in each bin. If you can, when you drop off glass, spend a minute or two looking at the glass in the bins and if you see anything that should not be in the glass bins, please remove it.

The bigger issue with glass recycling is economic. Most of the glass we are recycling here has to be shipped all the way to Texas to find a manufacturer that will buy it. If you are interested in a local effort to get a local taker of recycled glass, please let me know: luke@computercoop.com

See the latest issue of Rainbow Enews for more information:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RainbowGrocery