# @businessinsider on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=pwFUrE2YWjo
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-30T22:49:41.000+00:00

## Caption

Glass Half Full started in a backyard in 2020, and now it's Louisiana's biggest glass recycler — making crushed glass for recycled bottles and sand to rebuild the state's disappearing wetlands.We went inside the company's new-and-improved facility to see how this business has grown since BI's first visit in 2022. 

00:00 - Intro
01:02 - How New Orleans' Biggest Glass Recycling Facility Works
03:49 - Making Crushed Glass Into New Bottles
06:18 - A Historic New Orleans Bar Can Finally Recycle Its Glass
07:16 - Why the US Recycles Only 31% of Its Glass
08:17 - How Other Countries Measure Up
09:21 - Building Islands out of Glass Sand
11:45 - Update on Wetlands Restored With Glass Sand in 2022
12:58 - Credits

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Meet the Young Founder Turned Biggest Glass Recycler In Louisiana | Big Business | Business Insider

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