Who is GTA Recycling?

GTA Recycling [Glass To Agg Recycling Company LLC] is a Lake Charles-based glass recycling and recycled aggregate company designed to address the lack of convenient glass recycling options in Southwest Louisiana. At GTA Recycling, we believe every bottle recycled is an investment in a cleaner community and a stronger future.

Every year, thousands of tons of recyclable glass end up in local landfills—not because people don’t care, but because recycling glass is often inconvenient or unavailable. We started GTA Recycling to change that.

Our mission is simple: make glass recycling easy, rewarding, and impactful for everyone while transforming locally collected glass into useful recycled aggregate.

We provide convenient glass collection services for neighborhoods, apartments, restaurants, bars, hotels, casinos, event venues, festivals, and businesses throughout Southwest Louisiana. Instead of becoming landfill waste, the glass we collect is processed into high-quality recycled aggregate that can be used in construction, landscaping, drainage, and other beneficial applications.

But we’re about more than a recycling service or aggregate company. We are helping create a circular economy culture where recycling becomes a shared community value and a normal part of everyday life across the Southwest Louisiana & Southeast Texas.

“HOW?”

Thank you for asking. Residents and businesses recycle glass. GTA Recycling processes it. Contractors and communities reuse it to help build the places we call home.

How it works, step by step:

  • Collection: Households and businesses place glass into designated bins or drop it at local collection points.

  • Transportation: Collected glass is transported to GTA Recycling’s facility in Southwest Louisiana.

  • Processing: Glass is cleaned, sorted, crushed, and screened into aggregate-sized material (very course to fine).

  • Quality control: Processed glass aggregate is tested to meet specifications for construction uses.

  • Distribution: Contractors and municipalities purchase or source the glass aggregate for projects.

  • Reuse: The recycled glass replaces virgin aggregates in applications such as road base, drainage layers, landscaping, and concrete blends, reducing landfill waste and conserving natural resources.

Benefits:

  • Reduces landfill volumes and associated costs.

  • Conserves natural aggregate and raw materials.

  • Lowers carbon emissions compared with mining and transporting virgin materials.

  • Creates local jobs and supports sustainable construction practices.

Join us: Recycle glass at home or work, support collection programs, and specify recycled glass aggregate in construction projects to help build stronger, greener communities.

We’re building a partnership between residents, businesses, and communities that keeps valuable materials in circulation, supports environmental stewardship, and creates lasting local impact. Every household that participates, every restaurant that separates its glass, and every business that joins our program helps reduce landfill waste and strengthen our region’s commitment to sustainability.

We also believe doing the right thing should be simple. That’s why we’ve designed our service to be reliable, convenient, and customer-focused. For many commercial partners, we even pay for recyclable glass—turning what was once a disposal expense into an opportunity.

Whether you’re a homeowner looking to make a difference or a business committed to sustainability your participation matters.

Together, we can transform glass from waste into opportunity and shift recycling culture across the area, 1 community and 1 bottle at a time.

Join GTA Recycling and help build a cleaner Southwest Louisiana—one bottle at a time.

Reducing landfill waste while converting Gulf Coast glass waste into valuable eco-friendly construction and disaster relief material.

Mission Statement

To become the leading local supplier of sustainable glass-based construction aggregates in Southwest Louisiana and the broader Gulf Coast, recognized for quality, environmental stewardship, and support of resilient communities.

Vision

Louisiana is NOT 1 of the 10 Bottle Bill states (gives refunds for returned containers), so we used the average price to calculate our refund per pound.

Residential: $0.06/lb


Business: $0.10/lb (1st ton), then $0.02/lb thereafter

[The pounds reset each month for businesses]

How do ‘We pay you to recycle’?

Recycle glass locally. Reduce landfill waste. Build a stronger Gulf Coast.

Recycle glass locally. Reduce landfill waste. Build a stronger Gulf Coast.

HOW IT WORKS?

  1. Pick Your Bin Size

    • Subscribed to one of our 3 plans (MarshMini, MarshMax, Bayou Boxes)

  2. Collect Your Items

    • Place your approved items in your GTA Recycling bin

  3. Stage, Save, & Store

    • You STAGE bin at curbside

    • We SAVE your data and process your glass

    • You STORE empty bin indoors or outdoors

What we accept?

We accept almost all glass bottles and containers. Please rinse any glass that contained a food product (e.g. pickle jars, sauce, vinaigrette, etc) and remove any bottle caps and corks. Labels are fine– we ultimately sift them out, so there’s no need to remove them.

Accepted:

  • Container glass (all colors)

  • Drinking glasses

  • Glass jars

  • Empty candle jars (please remove all wax residue)

  • Clear, flat glass panes

  • Frosted glass

  • Tempered glass

  • Pyrex bakeware

  • Borosilicate (non-hazardous))


Not Accepted:

  • Biohazard Glass

  • Lightbulbs

  • Windows, mirrors, and table tops

  • Windshields and other laminated glass

  • Plexiglass and acrylic glass

  • Ceramic, porcelain, and crystal

  • Old TV glass (heavy lead or barium-strontium glass)

  • Bulletproof glass