Deffenbaugh to begin pilot glass recycling project in Kansas City, Kansas, area

According to a report in The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri), Prairie Village, Kansas, could be the next Kansas City-area municipality to see the return of curbside glass recycling.

A representative from Kansas City, Kansas-based Deffenbaugh Industries told city council that the company will begin a pilot project in October to collect glass at the curbside from approximately 200 homes in the Prairie Village neighborhoods of Normandy Square and Corinth Hills. Based on the results, the company could introduce the program citywide beginning in 2015, the newspaper reports.

Deffenbaugh’s John Blessing told city council the pilot would be free to the city and residents, the article reports.

Curbside glass recycling has not been available to most Kansas City-area residents since the early 2000s. However, The Kansas City Star reports that some companies, including Atlas Glass, KC Curbside Glass and GlassBandit, have offered the service by subscription.

According to the article, Deffenbaugh partners with Ripple Glass of Kansas City, Missouri, which supplies glass cullet to the fiberglass insulation industry.

“We hope to see on both sides of the state line glass recycling becoming very easy and abundant for everyone,” The Kansas City Star reports Blessing as saying.