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Glass Recycling News

2011

ODNR: Glass Act recycling project could be statewide model

Oct. 6, 2011 Angie Carbetta has taken Dumpster diving to new heights. The director for Marion County Recycling and Litter Prevention recently learned that her office's Glass Act initiative won recognition as a Friend of Glass from The Glass Packaging Institute, a trade association representing the North American glass container industry. Marion Star

GPI reports on glass recycling programs

September 16, 2011 According to a recently-released survey from the Glass Packaging Institute, bar, hotel and restaurant glass container recycling programs are growing and capturing an increasing amount of the material. Resource Recycling Electronic Newsletter

Recycle Glass Month is September, industry says

August 31, 2011 September marks Recycle Glass Month 2011, the glass packaging industry’s initiative to encourage more glass recycling. Waste & Recycling News

Plastics to overtake glass containers

August 5, 2011 Glass is breaking up as the single largest container of food and beverages. Between 2015 and 2020, plastic and tin cans are predicted to replace glass as the "single largest category," according to a report on 12 European countries by industry consultant Pira International. Malaya Business Insight

 

Plastic containers to eclipse glass by 2020, says report Apr 28   Beverage Daily
A clear case for removal?: Dubuque City Council will consider banning glass from recycling bins starting in July. Apr 17   TH Online
European glass recycling rate increases Feb 21   Beverage Daily
Pollution prevention: an innovative hard surface composite paving system uses post-consumer recycled glass. Feb 1   Waste Management World
Chavez takeover costs O-I $329m Jan 31   Beverage Daily

2010

Returnable beer bottles to become extinct if Straub doesn't get back some cases: Yuengling prepares to phase out its returnable bottles at country's oldest brewery in Pottsville Aug 18   The Morning Call
PEI to recycle non-refillable glass containers Nov 15   Solid Waste & Recycling
Chavez completes takeover of O-I plants Nov 2   Beverage Daily
GPI’s Recycle Glass Week was a resounding success Nov   American Recycler
Henderson company donates 4 benches made from recycled beer bottles Sep 29   Las Vegas Sun
Empty bottles from Strip bars become building materials: Glass sand more expensive Jul 9   Las Vegas Review-Journal
Americans Rally for Recycling During GPI’s Second-Annual Recycle Glass Week (Press Release) Sep 22   Glass Packaging Institute
CRI receives award from Glass Packaging Institute Sep 20   Waste & Recycling News
Glass Container Industry Releases Comprehensive Cradle-to-Cradle LCA: Study confirms positive environmental impact of glass packaging and recycling (Press Release) Sep 13   Glass Packaging Institute
Container Recycling Institute Receives Environmental Recognition for Creating Beverage Container Recycling Awareness: GPI provides "Friends of Glass" Recognition as part of 2010 Recycle Glass Week (Press Release) Sep 16   Glass Packaging Institute
'Benchmark’ study on glass offers clear carbon footprint picture Sep 15   Beverage Daily
How Green is my Glass? Aug 9   Sierra Club's Hey Mr. Green
Empty bottles from Strip bars become building materials: Glass sand more expensive Jul 9   Las Vegas Review-Journal
Greenday Reuses Waste Glass To Create Fun, Beauty and Function Mar 30   Coachella Valley Green
GLASS ATTACK: O-I releases what it calls first complete carbon footprint assessment May 18   Packaging Strategies
Econundrums: Your Green-Living Questions Answered: Throwing Away Glass Apr   Whole Living

 

2009

Give glass a new life Nov 3   Ink
Ripple Glass is ready to start Kansas City-area recycling program Oct 15   Kansas City Business Journal
Wither Plastic? Plant-based bottles that decompose show promise for the beleaguered bottled water industry Sep   Continental

2008

Glass container industry sets recycling goal Dec 4   Solid Waste & Recycling
Owens-Illinois, other glass makers seize on plastic's problems Feb 17   Toledo Blade

 

2006

Glass recycling legislation   Dec   American Recycler
Not easy being green: Why has reusing wine bottles fallen by the wayside?   May 17   LA Times
Empty Bottle Can be an end or a beginning   Apr 21   Reno Gazette-Journal

2004

Exorbitant bar tab: California attacks glass recycling deficiency   June 7   Waste News