Glass Half Full started in a backyard in 2020, and now it’s Louisiana’s biggest glass recycler — making crushed glass for recycled bottles and sand to rebuild the state’s disappearing wetlands.We went inside the company’s new-and-improved facility to see how this business has grown since BI’s first visit in 2022.
00:00 – Intro
01:02 – How New Orleans’ Biggest Glass Recycling Facility Works
03:49 – Making Crushed Glass Into New Bottles
06:18 – A Historic New Orleans Bar Can Finally Recycle Its Glass
07:16 – Why the US Recycles Only 31% of Its Glass
08:17 – How Other Countries Measure Up
09:21 – Building Islands out of Glass Sand
11:45 – Update on Wetlands Restored With Glass Sand in 2022
12:58 – Credits
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