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Recycling glass is a simple, easy and useful
thing we can all do to pitch in. For certain kinds
of businesses, it is also required by law. This
section provides helpful information to help you plan
and implement a glass recycling program for your business.
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It Works
Hard Rock Cafe. Hy's Steak House. Sheraton Hotels.
Hilton Hawaiian Village. They’re just a few of
the restaurants, hotels and bars that have discovered
the advantages of glass recycling.
Recycling offers an opportunity to minimize refuse
costs. If you throw all of your glass in a dumpster,
you pay twice – once to haul it away and again
to dispose of it. On the other hand, because glass
has a market value, it can often be hauled away at
no charge. And with less waste in your dumpster there
is an opportunity to reduce your disposal cost.
It’s Good for the Environment
Glass accounts for 60,000 tons per year of Oahu's
waste stream. Recycling glass and other materials
on Oahu will reduce the amount of waste going to disposal
sites. Existing landfills will last longer and expensive
expansions to H-POWER may not be needed.
A City ordinance requires the use of crushed glass,
when it is available, in the asphalt-treated base
of all reconstructed City roads -- it's called glasphalt.
Glass shipped to the mainland is made into new glass
bottles and jars, which saves energy and conserves
natural resources.
It’s the Law
Effective July 1, 1996, all bars and restaurants
serving alcoholic beverages on Oahu are required to
recycle glass bottles and jars.
What you can Recycle
- Clear, green and brown glass bottles and jars
Remove bottle caps. Labels do not need to
be removed.
Do NOT recycle these glass items:
- Mirrors
- Ceramic cups & plates
- Clay flower pots
- Crystal
- Light bulbs
- Window glass
- Oven ware
- Drinking glasses
Assessing your recycling options
Your glass can be collected by
a refuse hauler, collector, or
recycling company, or you can do it yourself.
Refuse haulers offer a variety
of recycling services and container options. If the
hauler also provides refuse hauling for your facility,
they may separately haul your glass at no additional
charge. Start by asking your current hauler what type
of recycling services and containers they offer. You
can also check the yellow pages of your phone book
for other haulers.
Collectors or recycling companies
are usually willing to pick up your glass at no
charge and some provide you with recycling containers.
Do it yourself using maintenance
personnel and/or volunteer employees. You can take
your glass to a recycling company or you can drop
off your glass at a Community Recycling Center near
you. Licensed glass recycling companies must pay you
a minimum of $0.04 per pound for glass sorted by color
and $0.02 per pound for mixed color glass. Money earned
from the sale of the glass dropped off at a Community
Recycling Center goes to the school where the recycling
bin is located. Call the City’s Recycling Office
at 768-3200 for the Community Recycling Center locations.
Glass Collectors and Recyclers
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of Collectors
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