iRecycle Houston (formerly known as iRecycle Glass), started as a residential glass pickup service in 2016. We strive on exemplary customer service, dependability and our capacity to give back to the community. I am most proud of our neighbors and their interest in recycling.
With their help we have saved over 725,000 pounds of recyclable glass from Houston area landfills since our startup in 2016. Over a ton of natural resources are saved for every ton of glass recycled. What we do at iRecycle Houston is truly for the next generation. What started as a neighborhood interest in recycling has grown to providing services citywide to residents and an ever-growing list of businesses.
It’s been a wonderful feeling to be able to do something good for the environment, future generations and the community. But honestly, this would not be possible without our customer’s choosing to recycle with us.
Not every company is the same, therefore, we customize our service to fit our customer's needs. To request a quote, please contact us
Compost is made up of decomposing biodegradable materials that come from plants and animals.
When food scraps, grass clippings, and manure are
composted and applied to grasslands–as opposed to dumped in a landfill–they become tools
to lower carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions while helping farmers improve their soil
quality to grow more food or grass to sustain livestock.
While many farming practices like tilling, driving tractors and manure management emit greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere, there is a process that naturally stores carbon in the soil. Soil carbon
sequestration is the process of capturing carbon from the air mostly through plant photosynthesis.
This process provides nutrients for the soil while reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
When compost is added to soil, it contributes to this process. However, when organic material is
instead placed in a landfill, it will emit greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane as a
result of decomposing anaerobically (without oxygen).
Composting gives back to the earth from which its basic materials came; compost is useful for soil enrichment and remediation, not to mention erosion control. Composting also has a pollution preventative element in that organic materials are not producing methane in landfills. Recycling relieves pressure on a number of environmental fronts. Less landfill space is consumed when materials are recycled, and fewer landfills must be built in the long run. Also, since recycling means that less raw material is used in manufacturing, less energy is expended in extracting raw materials from the earth -- trees, metal ores and minerals, for example..
