New glass recycling collection bin is now in place off Bale Street, behind the Makervillage
Rich Chanan hoists a plastic bin full of glass bottles into the new glass recycling container behind Makervillage in Rome on Friday. Victor Lartundo waits for his chance to dispose of a crate of glass bottles.
Teresa Lartundo (center) cuts the ribbon to open the new glass recycling collection bin off Bale Street behind the Makervillage. The bin is part of a four-month trial effort to provide Romans with an opportunity to recycle glass.
Victor Lartundo carries a box of glass to the new glass recycling bin off Bale Street behind Makervillage in the Rome River District.
The first containers of recyclable glass were dumped into a bin behind the Makervillage off Bale Street on Friday. Teresa Lartundo has arranged to have the container at that location for the next four months with the idea being that the dumpster can be filled and picked up at least once a month.
