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Chattanooga glass recycling survey winding down

Clear glass is seen in a container at the city's Warner Park recycling center on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The city is seeking public input after deciding to end the collection of glass in its single-stream curbside recycling program.
Clear glass is seen in a container at the city's Warner Park recycling center on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The city is seeking public input after deciding to end the collection of glass in its single-stream curbside recycling program. Clear glass is seen in a container at the city's Warner Park recycling center on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The city is seeking public input after deciding to end the collection of glass in its single-stream curbside recycling program.

By Judy Walton 5 min read

Take the survey

Today is the last day to tell Chattanooga what it should do about curbside recycling for glass. Register your opinion at www.surveymonkey.com/r/7BNQ562.Chattanooga residents can sign up online for curbside recycling or call 311 or 423-643-6311.

Today is the last day for Chattanoogans to weigh in on what to do about glass in curbside recycling.

The city told the 28,000 or so participants in its curbside recycling program last month it could no longer accept glass in the big blue recycling bins. It set up an online survey to seek input on options.

The problem is that glass tossed into bins often shatters into shards, chips and splinters that can’t easily be separated from paper, plastic, cardboard and other recyclables. Contaminating a bin with glass means the entire contents will end up being landfilled rather than sorted or reused.

The survey asks people if they would support a two-bin system to separate glass from other recyclables, and whether they would be willing to pay a monthly fee for such a system.