North Fulton Today

Milton residents who are keen on glass recycling now have an opportunity to deposit their glass in a bin at Bell Memorial Park thanks to two high school students.

Glass can, be dropped off in the metal container anytime the park is open — from dawn until 10:30 p.m. For several years there wasn’t any opportunity to do so until Ella Katekovich and Jeslyn Guo from Milton High School's Environmental Awareness group, Clean and Green Club, approached City Council member Peyton Jamison on putting up a glass recycling bin in Milton, the city said on its website.

"Milton residents have stressed time and again their interest in recycling glass. This is a solution that's convenient for them and beneficial to our environment," City Conservation Project Manager Teresa Stickels said in the city's release.

The young ladies’ initiative has reached Strategic Materials, which offered to put one large recycling bin in Milton at no cost to the City. Strategic Materials will replace the container when it fills up.

Stickels said that Milton will start with one bin, but that Strategic Materials has offered a second at a different, still undetermined location, a post on the city's Facebook page said.

Milton residents were able to use the Roswell Recycling Center until March 2020, the city website said. But when Roswell banned the use of the center by non-residents, the nearest site to recycle glass was the Keep North Fulton Beautiful facility in Sandy Springs.

Strategic Materials will recycle the glass at its College Park facility, destined for use by other companies such as Anchor Glass and Owens Corning, the city said.