A startup company in New Orleans has been making headlines for its genius approach to recycling glass into sand.
Franziska Trautmann, 24, was a college senior at Tulane University when she was frustrated seeing glass going into landfill. Wanting to do something about the issue, she and Max Steitz began to recycle glass in the spring of 2020 from their inner backyard.
However, at that time, they weren’t aware that this simple yet brilliant idea would become so popular in the community.
(Courtesy of Franziska Trautmann / Glass Half Full)
After co-founding Glass Half Full in the spring of 2020, the young pioneer and her team have so far recycled almost 2 million pounds of glass. What started as a small backyard enterprise has now grown into a massive warehouse operation that has earned tons of love and support.
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