New Orleans Likes to Drink. They Spotted a Huge Recycling Opportunity

It started with a lament over the fate of empty beer and wine bottles.In early 2020, Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, then seniors at Tulane University, were spitballing ways to keep their glass out of the trash. For all of its imbibing, New Orleans didn’t offer curbside glass recycling. Pretty much all of the many bottles drained in the Crescent City ended up in landfills.For Ms. Trautmann and Mr. Steitz,…