What to do when stockpiling glass
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I had a bit of an issue growing in my garage over the last few months, ever since recycling in Smyrna no longer accepted glass bottles. Being used to simply putting my glass into those handy blue recycling bins, I was not in a bit of a quandry. What was I going to do with all of this glass.
No reason to fill up the landfills of course. So I just kept filling up my garage. When it was no longer safe to walk through my garage for fear that touching one glass bottle might set off the world’s largest glass bottle domino effect, it was time to take action.
So I loaded up all the glass and head to the City of Smyrna Recycling Center, which is located at 645 Smyrna Hill Drive. For those of you not familiar with this location, either shame on you or you’ve stockpiled more glass than I have. Anyway, it’s just west of South Cobb Drive and south of Concord Road, across the street from Sparkles skating rink. It’s essentially tucked in back behind Howard’s Deli and the fire station.
They’re open Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from 8am to 4pm and on Thursday from noon to 8pm. They’re closed on Wednesday and Sunday. It’s pretty easy, just drive in and hand off your bins and they sort all of your glass into the appropriate bins. Also notice that there are lots of signs that you cannot recycle the lids with the glass. It’s their little reminder to people that they need to remove the lids before bringing the glass in to the recycling center.
Based upon the number of signs, I would say that this has been a difficult concept for some to grasp. Needless to say, it’s great that we’re still able to recycle glass and you can certainly bring a lot of other recyclable materials to the center, but it’s a lot easier just putting them into your blue bin and sticking it out at the curb. I have now made it a priority to no longer stockpile glass to the point of not being able to walk through the garage. So maybe I’ll see you at the Smyrna Recycling Center on my next trip.
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