Beverage & Glass Recycling in Charlotte, NC

This depends on the recycling service being provided at your location. We typically provide either “Single Stream” recycling or “ABC” recycling. Single Stream recycling is where all typical household recyclables go into a single cart and are sorted at a material recover facility. These carts are usually emerald green just like the ones provided by the City of Charlotte. “ABC” or “Alcohol Beverage Container” recycling is typically only used by bars and restaurants but is availble to anyone who wants to recycle glass beverage containers. These carts are typically black in color and will be clearly marked “GLASS ONLY” Only glass and aluminum beverage containers can go in these containers.

Recycling carts are emptied once per week unless otherwise noted.

Cart washing is not provided as part of your recycling service but can be arranged when needed. We encourage customers to make sure that beverage and food containers are empty of contents when placed in the recycling carts.

ABC or Alcohol Beverage Container recyclng is glass bottle recycling for bars and restaurants.

Yes, we do provide Alcohol Beverage Container recycling for bars and restaurants.  This is refered to as “ABC” recycling in North Carolina.

Yes, we are happy to provide recycling services for your office or place of business. We typically like to work directly with the property manager to provide these services so if you are a tenant in a building, please ask your property manager to contact us.

We do not provide residential cart recycling services but we do provide junk and bulky item removal for residences.