Dive summary:

• Residents in Rhode Island put materials into the recycling bin assuming they will be reused but that isn’t the case; due to a new law, the glass residents put in recycling bins instead goes right back to the landfill.
• The glass was used by the facility for a landfill cover but legislators passed a bill last June preventing construction debris from being mixed in landfill cover material, which meant the glass could no longer be used.
• The state is looking to bring in another company who can reuse the glass but so far haven’t found anyone who will accept it.

From the article:

It's a mistake that puts glass in the ground and that will cost the landfill about $3 million a year to purchase new cover material.

"I think this may have been an unintended consequence of trying to solve one issue and unknowingly having created a different issue," Kite said. "We still want people to put the glass in their bins. It may sound unusual. However, we are working to bring a company here to Rhode Island to accept the glass and use that to make a new product. ...