Quaker Valley COG recycling bin installed at Riverfront Park in Sewickley

A glass recycling bin designed to help more than a dozen municipalities keep jars, bottles and other related items from ending up landfills has been installed in Sewickley.

Pittsburgh-based Michael Brothers Hauling put the 20-yard bin in a lot in Riverfront Park near the playgrounds on Friday.

It’s the permanent location for Quaker Valley Council of Governments’ glass recycling program.

Council of government Executive Director Patrick Conners said the site was selected due to its easy access and based on popularity during pop-up recycling events.

Sewickley public works crews are tasked to check on it at least once a day in order to keep it safe.

The bin can hold between four and five tons of glass.

Quaker Valley Council of Governments communities include Aleppo, Avalon, Bell Acres, Bellevue, Ben Avon, Edgeworth, Emsworth, Glen Osborne, Glenfield, Haysville, Kilbuck, Leet, Leetsdale, Sewickley and Sewickley Heights.

No proof of residency is required to use the bin.

Users are asked to abide by the park’s dawn till dusk policy when recycling.

There is a sign outlining what can and can’t be recycled.

Glass containers must be rinsed of any perishable debris prior to being recycled.

Adhesive labels and container lids do not need to be removed.

Conners said the bin will be hauled by Michael Brothers Hauling to CAP Glass in Mt. Pleasant, one of the nation’s largest glass recyclers. Both businesses were also used during last year’s pop-up events.

Sewickley Council Vice President Julie Barnes said via email that she is excited to have the bin in her borough.

“This shared community asset illustrates that, when we work with neighboring communities, we can offer quality-of-life improvements that individual municipalities typically cannot offer on their own,” Barnes said.

More information about the recycling program is available at qvcog.org.