Facilities

Mason Facilities Launching Glass Recycling Pilot

George Mason University is launching a new Glass Recycling Pilot program in January 2024. 

  • Recycle your glass bottles and jars at two drop-off trailer locations on the Fairfax Campus: 
  • 1st & 3rd weeks of the month at Southside Dining Hall and Lot R (near Potomac Heights) 
  • 2nd & 4th weeks of the month at Rogers Hall and the Student Townhouses 

Glass Recycling Pilot Details: 
Did you know glass is endlessly recyclable?  


One of the new glass recycling trailers (left) where folks dispose of their glass bottles and jars, and the new zero waste labels for glass recycling (right). 

Recycling your glass bottles and jars locally provides a sustainable alternative to sand mining and new glass production. Every glass bottle and jar you recycle can help to protect the health of people who live and work near sand mining operations. More recycling means less mining and less production of new glass!  

Recycle your glass bottles and jars at Mason’s drop-off locations 

  • Glass bottles and jars are only recyclable at drop-off trailer locations 
  • Recycle clean glass bottles and jars ONLY: you cannot dispose of any other items inside purple trailers 
  • NO other glass items (ex. tempered glass food storage containers, glass cups, ceramics, etc.) 
  • NO food or drinks 
  • NO plastic or paper bags 
  • NO lightbulbs or lamps 
  • Review the glass drop-off trailers’ schedule  

Reach out to University Sustainability at gogreen@gmu.edu if you have any questions about glass recycling access.