Ripple Glass: The 10-day report

At the launch party for Ripple Glass last week, the company’s CEO, Stacia Stelk, was already reveling in the up-start company’s success.

Outside, next to one of the giant, purple recycling bins, Stelk and Andy Barton, vice president of sales for Deffenbaugh Industries, spoke excitedly.

Earlier in the week, the two had watched as one of the first collection bins thumped onto the pavement in a lot near the corner of 51st and Main streets. That was 10 a.m. on a Monday morning. By Thursday afternoon, the massive bin was already completely full.

That isn’t the only indication that area residents are eager and willing to unload their hoarded glass to jump-start the new recycling effort.