Missoula, Montana Target store (and every other Target store) takes glass for recycling

For years eco-minded Montanans have lamented the lack of glass recycling in the state. We don’t generate enough glass to lure bottling plants here, and we’re generally too far away from existing plants to make hauling our glass out-of-state cost-effective. But if you’re sending empty trucks out-of-state anyway, the math changes. It appears Target has figured that out.

Missoula’s Target store http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/store_details.jsp?&storeNumber=885&referringURL=%2Fsite%2Fen%2Fspot%2Fstate_results.jsp%3Fstate%3DMT has been accepting glass for recycling for months. But it seems few know about it. Store manager Katharine Foster-Keddie says every two weeks Target trailers that would otherwise return empty to the company’s distribution center in Albany, Ore., are filled with glass and other recyclables customers drop off.

by Matthew Frank

Full Story: http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/recycling/Content?oid=1354091