The Roeland Park City Council approved an agreement with Ripple Glass to provide curbside glass recycling starting in 2023. Ripple will provide curbside glass recycling for all 2,851 single-family homes in the city. The company will also offer glass recycling services for the Boulevard Apartments complex and at city parks. The program begins January 1, 2023 and is set to end in December of 2025.
Ripple will provide homeowners with a 14-gallon, purple tote for glass collection, delivering them to homes. The company will provide curbside glass recycling once a month on the same day as residents’ regular trash collection. The Boulevard Apartments will receive eight, 64-gallon carts for residents to participate in the program. Glass will be collected from the complex on a bi-weekly basis. Ripple will provide recycled plastic tote bags to each resident to transport glass to the large carts.
“There really is no recycling at this complex. This would be an opportunity to at least get started with glass recycling and see if we can move ahead with something with the management over there to make recycling a realistic option,” Councilmember Jan Faidley said. Ripple will provide 64-gallon carts for the Community Center, Nall Park and R Park with glass collection once a month.