Fairhope partners with Mobile based environment organization for concrete projects

MOBILE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — The Osprey Initiative, an environmental organization located in Mobile, teamed up with the City of Fairhope in September to implement recycled glass in concrete projects for the Flying Creek Nature Preserve.

This project is a way to make unused glass purposeful by using it to create sustainable infrastructure.

The Osprey Initiative collects the glass, which the community donates.

The glass will then be shipped to their business partner, Glass Half Full NOLA, who will crush it into a sand-like material. This material will then be shipped back to Fairhope to be combined with a concrete mixture and used for infrastructure.

The glass donations from the community go right back into the same community.

“It’s just really cool and everybody’s got glass it’s hard to avoid,” The Osprey Initiative Senior Operations Manager Ellie Mallon said. “And if we can offer recycling, it’s just one less thing that ends up in our landfills.”

Mallon told News 5 they keep up with all the donated glass.

The organization announced Friday it will continue the initiative through the end of October and will consider making it permanent because of the community’s positive response.

The organization also told News 5 that starting Friday, it will offer pick-up services.

Glass will be collected at the Fairhope Farmers Market on Thursdays from 3-6 p.m. and at the Fairhope Public Works Recycling area.

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