Seattle Public Utilities thanks residents as regular glass recycling resumes

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) announced last week that glass collected in residential recycling bins is being recycled again because of rail system improvements and new commercial customers in the western U.S. Seattle’s glass recycling was paused in 2024 because of the closure of Ardagh Glass Packaging, which operated a bottle manufacturing plant in the SODO business district. The closure left Seattle and the region without a key business in the pipeline to accept recycled glass and make it into new bottles.