Utah has a fairly robust glass recycling “ecosystem,” says Stevie Norcross.

That’s because Momentum Recycling operates as a glass recycling facility in Salt Lake County, while Owens Corning’s plant in Nephi takes recycled glass and manufactures it into new products, primarily fiberglass building insulation, said Norcross, assistant director of the Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control. Some glass in southern Utah can also be sent to a facility in Las Vegas.

“Utah is at an advantage for glass recycling, and I think it’s good to continue to help boost that system we have in place,” she told members of the Utah Legislature’s Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee on Tuesday.

However, she warns that glass recycling is much easier in some parts of

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