Fairfax County stopped recycling glass in bulk curbside recycling in 2019. The county expects residents to either stop purchasing glass containers (which are way better to use than plastic), reuse glass containers, or transport unwanted glass containers to one of 24 Purple Glass Recycling bins placed throughout Northern Virginia.  

None of these options are very practical for most households in our community, and we want to do what we can to ensure that glass products are not being thrown into landfills. Thus, the GRN personally picks up and recycles curbside glass in the stead of county collectors.

Glass placed in the purple bins are recycled by being crushed and used locally for many creative purposes such as fill at construction sites, road repair, insulation, and even as landscaping!