Expanded Recycling Supports Sustainability Goals
O-I Canada Celebrates Victory in Quebec O-I Canada has recently achieved a huge victory in the effort to keep glass in the circular economy. In January, Montreal’s Minister of Environment announced an expansion of the province’s recycling depository system, its first since 1984. The updated system will now include wine and spirit bottles in the […]
Dispelling the Myths of Glass Recycling
O-I Meets with DEQ to Educate about Glass Benefits Glass packaging is 100% and infinitely recyclable. It can be made in to a new glass package over and over again, preserving the quality of the product inside. Using recycled glass to make new food and beverage packaging helps reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions […]
O-I Netherlands Supports “Beer Geeks Beat ALS”
At O-I, we strive every day to be responsible and active in the communities in which we live and work in. Giving back to charities is one way in which our employees can feel good about their work while connecting their personal values with our company values. Beer Geeks is a Facebook group in which […]
Northern Virginians Recycle 5 Million Pounds of Clean Glass
Northern Virginians are eagerly embracing a new glass-to-glass recycling program that’s collected nearly 5 million pounds of glass in about six months. In fall 2019, Northern Virginia’s traditional curbside programs stopped collecting glass. Instead, residents could recycle their glass containers at one of the new purple glass-only drop-off bins in the area. The glass from those purple bins is collected, crushed locally, processed at a plant in North Carolina, then sold to companies for […]
Owens-Illinois Receives Overwhelming Support for Green Bond
Furthering its Commitment to Invest In Sustainability Projects (Perrysburg, OH) – Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE:OI) is the first company in the packaging industry to issue a Green Bond, furthering its commitment to sustainability throughout its global manufacturing operations and glass packaging. To support the debt offering, O-I developed a Green Bond Framework, describing in detail the […]
Stone & Wood Brewing Co. and O-I Partner to ‘Tighten the Loop’ for Recycled Beer Bottles
Sustainability is part of the ethos at Stone & Wood Brewing Co., an O-I client based in Brisbane, Australia. The craft brewery is deeply engaged in reducing its environmental footprint in every part of the process, from ingredients to beer packaging to waste. The brewery and O-I are working together to reduce waste and make the best […]
O-I’s Sustainability Story with Stone & Wood
We paid a visit to one of Australia’s favorite craft beer providers and O-I Australia’s favorite customers, Stone & Wood. We talked to the craft beer team about their commitment to sustainability. We chatted with James Perrin, the Sustainability Manager of Stone and Wood about a number of sustainability initiatives we’ve worked on over the past few years – “We live […]
Celebrating America Recycles Day in the Glass City
Pop-Up Glass Collection Center at O-I’s Global Headquarters FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Perrysburg, OH) – Owens-Illinois, Inc. is recognizing America Recycles Day, November 15, by creating a Pop-Up Glass Packaging Collection Center at its Global Headquarters in Perrysburg, OH. America Recycles Day, a Keep America Beautiful national program, promotes environmental citizenship and taking action to improve […]
O-I Creates a Circular Economy at the Global Headquarters
O-I has introduced a sustainable, returnable water bottle system for their Levis Campus employees. Specially designed O-I bottles, made of 90% recycled glass, are filled and refrigerated with filtered water and provided free of charge to campus employees. When employees are done enjoying their water, the returned bottles are washed, refilled and re-capped ready for […]
O-I Employees Volunteer in Local Communities for a More Sustainable Future
Recently O-I employees in Americas North and Americas South took to the local streets, volunteering their time to do good for the planet. In Toledo, Ohio, O-I employees rolled up their sleeves to volunteer with Partners for Clean Streams (PCS), a local organization, dedicated to the health of the rivers and streams, and the people […]
