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As we told you last year, the City of Akron started a program to help crack down on mixing glass with other recycled items. Now after a year, the city is expanding the program because it's been so successful. The program even helps the city make money.Just in this program's first year, it collected nearly 180,000 pounds of glass from Akron residents. It’s been so successful the city has introduced three new purple bin locations.
Solid waste and recycling manager Dan Dempsey said labels can be left on glass containers but make sure all products are cleaned. Other materials like Pyrex are prohibited.“Bottles, that's certainly the biggest one, we like to see bottles of all kinds,” added Dempsey.Glass recycling may sound pricey, but the city said it’s profiting, generating $1,600 this past year.
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