Glass Half Full

I drop my recycling materials off at the Marrero pick up location. In the past, the staff has been very friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, the last few times I have dropped off materials, the staff just sits in the shade talking on their phones and what not. I’ve had other patrons help me unload my car, and the staff just ignores us. I’m sure it’s just certain individuals, but I’m also sure that’s not how it’s supposed to be.

Easy glass drop off! Our first time visit – we drove up and parked in front of the building. Our company Design The Planet did a glass drive for Earth Day and this was the day we wanted to drop off the glass. We pulled our collected glass items out of the back of the truck and brought it to the central area. We sorted all of the glass into the areas that were specified: green, blue, clear, other. There were even a few people there to direct us if we had questions. Someone also helped us and empty one of the containers because we did bring quite a lot of glass. They had very organized processes once bins were filled they were closed and replaced and brought into the warehouse.

I've been recycling with glass half full for 5 years now. This is a great organization and I'm happy to see how much it's grown!

wonderful organization doing great work for the community and planet. their porch pick up is super convenient

I love this place. They will take #1 and #2 plastic, but also pretty much anything else you'd think is recyclable. Really great resource, and I feel better knowing my recyclables have a better chance of being properly recycled here than if I leave out a bin for pick-up

I love the residential pickup service! Makes recycling so easy!

Just saw the story on this business and ABSOLUTELY LOVE their idea and wish them all the success of future endeavors. I may be take a trip from Oklahoma and bring some bottles with me for donation.

I LOVE what you’ve come up with and what you’re doing! Hoping to see an expansion of this type of program well beyond NoLA. Keep up the great work!

I had such a great experience today. The staff or volunteers working the Jefferson recycling site were just great. They were helpful, respectful but friendly and a little funny . Very courteous! They even thank me for recycling and taking the time to come out. Glass Half Full has been in the comunity for quite a while and is great they are growing and supporting other parishes to make recycling easier. Great investment in the comunity and in the planet! Absolutely valuable asset and you recycle free of charge! Even is all you need to do is sort your recyclables and bring them to their sites. WELL DONE!!!!

Wonderful recycling place. They take glass, cardboard and plastic. Very organized Staff was very helpful

I am SO grateful to this organization for creating a solution to a problem we have had in the city for quite some time. GLASS RECYCLING!!! Anyone else remember back before Katrina when we had curb-side glass recycling pickup? They offer pick-up (at a nominal fee), as well as FREE drop off, and then they use the waste to help solve a few different environmental issues (sand bags for flooding issues and coastal restoration). I am so glad to have this program within a reasonable distance from my home, and I love that I know that it is going to serve a greater good. Not only do they offer a creative solution to the problem of a place to put your used empty wine and beer bottles (other than into the landfills), they use the waste by recycling it into "sand and glass cullet for disaster relief, coastal restoration, eco-construction, new glass, and so much more!" WIN-WIN!!!

Thank goodness for some ambitious, environmentally minded folks for finally getting glass recycling a reality in Orleans parish. I always wondered WHY we didn't have this service available considering the sheer volume of glass being consumed here. And kudos to the team for their rapid growth and success! I save all my glass at home for about six months at a time and then make a massive drop off, being sure to sort by color ahead of time. The fact that the glass is ground down to a find powder-sand used in building up our lost wetlands is genius and they should get an award for that!

I get so tired of throwing all my recyclable glass in the trash since it's not collected in curbside recycling. I used to bring it to a local big box store but then they stopped collecting. le sigh. So when I heard of this business, I was excited. Of course by the time I had made my move to bring in a batch, they had moved out to Louisa but oh well. Drop off is easy. There are bins with colors (clear, green, brown, and blue) over them and you drop your bottles inside... which is LOUD. They do have monthly curbside pickup but there have to be enough people in your neighborhood to make it feasible. Otherwise you go on a waiting list. Best of all the glass is turned into sand which is then used in coastal erosion projects! Pandemic notes: Everyone was masked and dropoff is outside of a warehouse so no indoor contact.

This came up as a suggestion for new business, and I scoffed not realizing it is a recycling place just for glass. A bit of browsing on their website, and yes, they take all glass. So, I packaged up all of my glass and came during their business hours, and there were several people there sorting glass. I am so very grateful to have a place to bring glass for recycling. What a great foundation and great mission! They convert glass to sand for sand bags and several other missions.

For a weird lil' out of towner I was shookth to know that Nola doesnt recycle glass. I ended up collecting my neighbors glass to and bringing It into glass half full. The set up is super easy, you unload from your car where you are directed by staff/volunteers on where to put your items and thennnnnn you move on about your day. This program is amazing, the volunteers are super nice and helpful, and as much as I love you, you are a trash human that needs to hold yourself responsible for your dirty little eco foot print. Don't be weird bring your glass here ... it takes two minutes and you will prevent all of your human trash garbage nasty ass consumption from ending up in a landfill. Love you be good and make make a choices. Xx

Thank you for recycling our glass containers!! We eat, we drink, we empty the bottles... thank you for being there to recycle our glass waste! Thank you to all the volunteers out there helping to sort the colored glass from the clear. I've got mine presorted for the next trip.

Finally! A place in New Orleans to recycle glass bottles!! Drive on out there and deposit your glass. Be sure to check their hours of operation.

SO thankful for this organization!!! I tell everyone I know to bring their glass to them. A wonderful addition for our community.

Great company helping the community recycle our glass! Wish the city had a better set up, but glad we have GHF!