Bonnie Raitt Instagram – Hoping everyone spent time outside on Earth Day this past weekend and took a moment to reflect on ways each of us can help protect the planet we all live on! While paper recycling tends to get the most focus, glass recycling can be used not only to reform new glass, but also to be crushed into sand to be used for a variety of purposes. Meet @glasshalffull.nola – a group committed to recycling glass throughout Louisiana to restore and protect their wetlands. From 1932-2016, 25% of Louisiana’s Wetlands had been washed away by coastal erosion. These marshlands are not only environmentally and ecologically important, but are also the first line of defense when it comes to protecting the coast from storms. Glass Half Full NOLA is backyard operation-turned recycling powerhouse and has processed more than three million pounds of glass recovered from residents and businesses in the Greater New Orleans area (where municipal glass recycling service is not offered.) Glass Half Full NOLA pours the sand upcycled from glass into reused burlap sacks that are then lined up along the coast to anchor vegetation and coastline throughout the Wetlands, thus preventing erosion! What many don’t know is that sand is our second most-utilized raw material following water, and that we are currently in a global sand shortage. This recycled glass functions not only to protect the coastline, but to replenish this shortage and keep glass out of landfills. For more information, head to their @cbsnews feature at the link in bio or support them directly @glasshalffull.nola — BRHQ