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Glass recycling in El Paso begins on Wednesday. The ribbon-cutting event begins at 10 AM at the Pendale Citizen Collection Station, 1034 Pendale in east El Paso. (MAP)
City Council will view a presentation about the pulverizer at its regular meeting tomorrow morning. You can see that presentation HERE.
The good news is that you can take your glass to any of the citizen collection stations in El Paso.
Laurence Gibson, Chair of the El Paso Group Rio Grande Chapter Sierra Club tells us: "El Paso's Environmental Services Department is now collecting glass at all five Citizen Collection Stations for processing into pulverized glass at the Pendale Road Station. All we have to do is take our clean glass containers to a Citizen Collection Station, separate by color, and we're done. If you want free mulch from glass, you may pick that up at 1034 Pendale Road. This is a hot commodity at the Mesilla Valley Landfill, where the bins are almost always empty."
Glassware just needs to be clean and dry. The pulverizer removes labels.
Remember glass recycling is just a pilot program. How can we help make it permanent? Laurence Gibson offers these suggestions:
- Talk about it with everyone.
- Offer to take your neighbors' glass to a Citizen Collection Station.
- Watch for Environmental Services' how-to handouts.
- Attend the Jan. 27 Ribbon Cutting (10 a.m. at 1034 Pendale).
- Tell your City Council Rep you appreciate glass recycling and want a pulverizer for your CCS.
- Thank District 7 (Eastside) Rep. Lily Limón for initiating the Pilot Program
- Enjoy and take pride in a cleaner El Paso
Rep. Lily Limón will have two community meetings on Wednesday. They will be regular district meetings. However Romie Ruiz, the Partnerships & Public Programs Coordinator for the City of El Paso, will offer a special presentation on the glass pilot project at both. (1st Meeting – 7:30 AM – Denny’s – I-10 at Lomaland; 2nd Meeting – 5:30 PM – Carolina Rec Center – 563 N. Carolina Drive)
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