Welcome to Cities Connect, where we discuss issues that matter. In this episode, Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols and Ron Holmes of Arglass discuss a recent statewide glass recycling contest for schools that they sponsored.

Teaming up with his colleague Commissioner Jason Shaw, Commissioner Echols raised funds for cash prizes, secured recycling bins, and arranged transportation from each school to a holding location and then to Valdosta to the Arglass glass furnace for recycling. Commissioner Echols will share insights and lessons learned from the initiative and discuss how it might be scaled up across the state in collaboration with Georgia’s cities. Ron Holmes, the recipient of the glass, will provide an overview of Arglass’s history, the importance of glass recycling, and Arglass sustainability concentrating on glass recycling.