Glass, although not a leachable contaminant, causes an issue in landfills because of the amount of volume it takes up. Since glass does not break down, it will use up precious landfill space that could be utilized for a non recyclable material.
Think about all the windows in your house. Eventually they will need to be replaced. If you stack the windows up, it may not look like much. But imagine all the homes in your neighbourhood, city or province. That is a staggering amount of glass!
Right now, most of the glass being recycled in BC is residential food and beverage containers. There is no easy way to recycle windows, mirrors, vases, drinking glasses, etc.
At Enviro-Corp Recycling, we CAN accept this material!
Glass can be recycled indefinitely. By recycling your glass products, a large percentage of this glass is used in new glass bottle production. It creates a circular economy and allows us to pull fewer natural resources from the earth.
Items that we can accept (broken glass is fine):
Please contact us for drop off information and pricing.
By recycling glass, we can significantly reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills, helping to preserve our environment for future generations. In British Columbia, the statistics of glass ending up in landfills are alarming, with a significant portion of waste being made up of glass materials. It is important for residents and businesses alike to make a conscious effort to recycle glass whenever possible, in order to minimize our impact on the environment and work towards a more sustainable future for our province. Let’s all do our part to recycle glass and keep it out of landfills in British Columbia, Canada.
