Momentum Recycling

In 2008 Momentum Recycling was founded with the goal of helping communities move towards zero waste. While this may seem like a daunting goal, we believe that together, by taking small but important steps, we can make great progress. Momentum Recycling is a full-service zero waste company offering comprehensive recycling collection services to organizations and residences along the Wasatch Front.

COLLECTIONS

Momentum provides collection services for glass, mixed recyclables and green waste (fruit and vegetable residuals and yard waste), and we deliver materials to responsible material recovery facilities or end users in the Salt Lake Valley. To complement our collection services, Momentum Recycling organizations maximize recycling efforts by identifying the recyclable materials in their waste streams through comprehensive waste audits. We then design low-impact and intuitive systems for capturing these recyclables and offer consulting on purchasing and material use practices. This results in more materials being diverted from the landfill to recycling destinations.

GLASS PROCESSING

Momentum Recycling expanded its operations in 2012 to include processing and recycling of post-consumer glass. The company’s state-of-the-art glass processing facility makes glass recycling easier, maximizes the diversion of glass from the landfill, and ensures that glass is recycled into high-quality end products. As of July 2012, Momentum Recycling became the exclusive glass recycler for Salt Lake City. This includes operating the first curbside glass collections program in Utah, and the processing of all glass collected through the city’s various programs.

RECOGNITION

 Momentum Recycling promotes clients’ recycling efforts in the greater community through our social media channels and in client profiles highlighting their hard work and leadership in recycling. Momentum also provides free signage for clients to post at their locations conveying their waste diversion efforts.

Glass Recycling

Glass recycling in Colorado will soon receive a big boost thanks to Momentum Recycling’s new bottle-to-bottle glass recycling facility conveniently-located in Broomfield, CO. The facility is scheduled to begin processing glass in September, 2016.

WHY RECYCLE GLASS?

• 100% Recyclable - Glass can be recycled endlessly, with no loss in quality. 80% of recovered glass containers are made into new glass bottles. The rest is made into other industrial goods.

• Recycling Creates Jobs - Glass recycling requires about 8-10 workers, compared to 1 worker if the glass is landfilled. Plus, manufacturers that use recycled glass instead of virgin materials profit more, allowing them to retain and expand their workforce.

• Recycling Saves Energy - Making recycled glass products from cullet consumes 40 percent less energy than making new glass from raw materials, because cullet melts at a much lower temperature.

• Recycling Cuts Waste Disposal Costs - In terms of weight, glass makes up about 5% of the waste stream. Recycling glass means savings on waste collection and disposal costs, which are increasing due to landfill disposal costs.

• Recycling Saves Raw Materials - Over a ton of natural resources are conserved for every ton of glass recycled, including 1,300 pounds of sand, 410 pounds of soda ash, 380 pounds of limestone, and 160 pounds of feldspar.

PRODUCTS MADE FROM RECYCLED GLASS

When glass is recycled, it is cleaned, sterilized, dried, sorted by color, and reduced to sizes that can range from pebbles to sand and even powder. This is known as “cullet” in the glass industry.