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Mt. Lebanon teen starts his own glass recycling route
Shannon Perrine
Evening Anchor
Mt. Lebanon teen starts his own glass recycling route
FIRST OF ALL THERE’S NO , JUDGEMENT IF YOU HAVE MORE WINE BOTTLES THAN PICKLE JARS. GLASS IS GLASS. >> THIS IS GREEN. THAT GOES IN THERE. JANELLE: AND 16-YEAR-OLD COLE OZIEMBLOWSLY CAN TAKE IT OFF YOUR HANDS. IT STARTED WITH A FLYER AROUND HIS MOUNT LEBANON NEIGHBORHOOD. AND HIS OWN PUBLIC RELATIONS. >> AFTER THAT, IT GREW AND THEN I CREATED THE FACEBOOK PAGE. >> WE WERE EVEN KEEPING IT BECAUSE WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT, AND THEN WE GOT THIS FLYER FROM COLD. WE WERE IN JANELLE: MOM TRACI HELPS OUT. COLE STILL NEEDS TO GET HIS LICENSE. FOR A SMALL DONATION -- >> IT’S FIVE BUCKS A DONATION. JANELLE: COLE WILL COME PICK UP YOUR RECYCLABLE GLASS. >> I COULD START ANOTHER BROWN IN THERE. JANELLE: HE WILL SORT IT. AND HE WILL DELIVER IT HERE TO MICHAEL BROTHERS HAULING IN BETHEL ARK WHERE THEY TAKE ALL COLORS OF RECYCLABLE GLASS COASTAL AN OPPORTUNITY -- COLE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEE >> WELL IT GETS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY CAN’T DO IT ANYMORE, SO THEY HAVE TO JUST QUIT IT AND JUST THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE WITH THEIR OTHER TRASH OR THEY HAVE TO DO IT AND THAT CREATES A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SORT IT. JANELLE: CUSTOMERS ARE RELIEVED. >> IT IS GREAT. BEING THAT YOUNG AND BEING THA INDUSTRIOUS. IT IS JUST WONDERFUL. I WISH MORE KIDS WOULD DO THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT, HELP THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. >> IT TAKES IT OFF YOUR CONSCIOUS. THAT’S FOR SURE. JANELLE: COLE MAKES A LITTLE CASH. >> SAVE UP FOR COLLEGE AND THEN GAS. WHEN I GET MY PERMIT AND THEN JUST SHOES AND CLOTHES AND ET CETERRA. JANELLE: AND MAKES MOUNT LEBANON BIT -- A BIG GREENER. THE WORLD’S FUTURE GET
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Mt. Lebanon teen starts his own glass recycling route
Shannon Perrine
Evening Anchor
Cole Oziemblowsky, 16, is filling a need created by many communities that no longer accept glass at curbside recycling.The young entrepreneur started letting neighbors know on Facebook that he could pick up their recyclable glass, sort it and deliver it to Michael Brothers Hauling & Recycling in Bethel Park.See how the recycling route works: Watch the report in the video player above."It gets frustrating because they can't do it any more, so either they have to just quit it and throw it in the garbage with their other trash, or they have to do it, and that creates a problem because they have to sort it," Cole said."We were even keeping it because we didn't know what to do with it, and then I got this flyer from Cole and we were in. I said we're going to do it," customer Betsy Lawrence said.Cole asks for a $5 donation. He doesn't have a driver's license yet, so his mother helps him with the route."Save up for college, and for gas for my car when I get my permit, and then just shoes and clothes and etc.," Cole said.He added, "It helps the environment and global warming right now.""It's great, being that young and being that industrious," said one customer. "It's just wonderful. I wish more kids would do things like that to help the environment and help the community in general."
MT. LEBANON, Pa. —

Cole Oziemblowsky, 16, is filling a need created by many communities that no longer accept glass at curbside recycling.

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The young entrepreneur started letting neighbors know on Facebook that he could pick up their recyclable glass, sort it and deliver it to Michael Brothers Hauling & Recycling in Bethel Park.

See how the recycling route works: Watch the report in the video player above.

"It gets frustrating because they can't do it any more, so either they have to just quit it and throw it in the garbage with their other trash, or they have to do it, and that creates a problem because they have to sort it," Cole said.

"We were even keeping it because we didn't know what to do with it, and then I got this flyer from Cole and we were in. I said we're going to do it," customer Betsy Lawrence said.

Cole asks for a $5 donation. He doesn't have a driver's license yet, so his mother helps him with the route.

"Save up for college, and for gas for my car when I get my permit, and then just shoes and clothes and etc.," Cole said.

He added, "It helps the environment and global warming right now."

"It's great, being that young and being that industrious," said one customer. "It's just wonderful. I wish more kids would do things like that to help the environment and help the community in general."