Recycle Utah is holding its first-ever concert at 1951 Woodbine Way on Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. to raise money for its glass-recycling program.

The concert costs $5 for entry at the door only, $5 for meals and another $5 for drinks. Lawn chairs are allowed and Park City Mountain Resort is offering their adjacent space for parking.

Costs for recycling glass are high — much higher than for paper, plastic and metal — causing the non-profit organization to lose money on each shipment of glass.

“If you want to drink your beer, your wine, your root beer and everything else, that’s cool. We are happy to provide the recycling service but we need your help,” Recycle Utah Spokeswoman Katie Plumb said.

Recycle Utah makes up for the loss through sponsors, small grants and individual donations.

The Recycle Utah Uncorked concert is aimed at just that — to raise money for glass recycling in Park City.

The concert will feature Bryon Friedman, an ex-U.S. Ski Team member-turned-musician who has opened for such artists as the Doobie Brothers, Train and Robert Earl Keen.

Friedman also has a local Park City business making bamboo ski poles called Soul Poles.

“He’s really into sustainability so we think he’s a great guy to have here,” Plumb said. “He plays the acoustic guitar but there’s great energy in his music.”

Because Summit County has begun offering curbside recycling, recycling awareness has gone up throughout the county, and Recycle Utah has begun to see an increase in glass recycling because the county doesn’t allow glass in the bins.

“People are asking, ‘Ok I can put in my paper, my plastic and my metal. But what about my glass?'” Plumb said.

Recycle Utah does accept glass and transports it to Salt Lake City where it is cleaned and turned into fiberglass – all but blue glass. Blue glass is taken to a facility outside Logan where it is transformed into Terrazzo tile.

Plumb recommends people get a bin or box to keep next to their garbage cans for glass recyclables and to bring them to Recycle Utah.

“Once you are here we have different colored bins for different colors,” Plumb said. “It’s a bit of sorting and more hands on but it’s very effective. We have a very low rate of contamination. But the biggest thing is to be aware of what can be recycled.”

What can be recycled — courtesy of Recycle Utah

Recyclables collected in the outside Recycle Utah bins

Metal: Steel/tin cans, pie tins, aluminum foil and non-working major appliances

Aluminum: cans only

Packing foam: white block foam

Glass: Brown, clear/green and blue glass

White office paper: white and pastel paper only

Mixed paper: newspaper, magazines, catalogues, phone books, paper bags and junk mail

Cardboard: corrugated, paperboard and milk/juice cartons

Household grease: cooking oils

Plastics: transparent soda, juice and water bottles; opaque milk and water jugs; colored and mixed plastics; clean plastic bags; bubble wrap and some types of plastic foam-like material

Recyclables collected inside the Recycle Utah office or warehouse

Acrylic CD cases

Alkaline and rechargeable batteries

CDs

Cellular phones and chargers

Memory devices

CFL light bulbs and long fluorescent bulbs

Mercury thermometers and thermostats

Printer cartridges

Tyvex mailing envelopes

Teracycle: energy bar wrappers, drink pouch wrappers, chip bags, foil-lined candy wrappers

Moving boxes

Electronic waste

Hazardous waste

Medicine

Tennis shoes

Child car seats

Bike tubes and tires

Pallets

Black plastic pots and planters