Glass4Good at O-I Reaches New Glass Recycling & Giving Milestones in 2025
At O-I we have some great news! Glass4Good™ programs recycled 24% more glass in 2025 than the previous year, helping make more recycled glass available for manufacturing. And since 2021, through innovative, community-driven programs like Glass4Good™, O-I has expanded access to glass recycling while creating meaningful local impact, one bottle at a time. Making More […]
O-I’s Brockway Crenshaw Plants Power Community Impact Through Glass Recycling (Video)
In the heart of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, a simple yet powerful initiative is transforming how a community thinks about waste, resources, and giving back. Glass4Good™, an O-I glass recycling program rooted in circularity and hometown pride, is turning recycled glass into tangible impact, one glass bottle at a time. Of O-I’s 20 glass recycling community […]
UK Packaging EPR Scheme Misses the Mark for Glass Packaging
The following article attributes several quotes from food and beverage trade publications and traditional news organizations. The United Kingdom’s packaging EPR scheme was introduced in 2025 with good intentions: lessen hard to recycle packaging while promoting recycling by incentivizing sustainable packaging. But as food and beverage producers receive their first invoices, the reality is that […]
O-I Hits New Glass Recycling Milestones in U.S.
What a difference a few years can make! In 2020, O-I launched our first community glass recycling program in Perrysburg, Ohio, home to our Global Headquarters. Since then, our efforts have expanded and we now operate more than 20 glass recycling programs throughout the United States. These initiatives have sparked the enthusiasm and passion of […]
Advancing Glass Recycling Through Groundbreaking Programs and Partnerships in 2024
A glass recycling program with the power to positively impact the community has come to Warren County, Kentucky. The program caps a year of groundbreaking programs, strategic partnerships, and innovative technology as O-I advances glass recycling and transforms waste into opportunity in our North American and Latin American footprint. The Warren County Parks and Recreation […]
Kentucky Glass Recycling Gets a Green Boost: Ale-8-One and O-I Lead the Charge
The Red River Gorge, a region of breathtaking beauty that attracts climbers, hikers, and nature lovers from across the country, lies in the heart of Kentucky. Yet, despite its vibrant outdoor community, the Gorge faces a challenge shared by much of the state: a lack of glass recycling infrastructure. Ale-8-One, Kentucky’s iconic soft drink brand, […]
New Glass Recycling Initiative in West Louisville Boosts Sustainability and Job Creation
Workwell Industries has announced the launch of its glass recycling initiative, “RecycWELL,” in West Louisville, Kentucky. The project, in collaboration with O-I and major distillers Suntory Global Spirits, Diageo North America and Pernod Ricard aims to provide essential glass recycling services for the Louisville region while creating new job opportunities for the local community. The […]
O-I Glass Transforms Processing of Recycled Glass with Innovative Mobile System
Transformative mobile equipment brings glass recycling solutions to untapped markets Movable on a truck bed, the modular system enables full-service, closed-loop recycling programs A single system can process up to 6,000 MT in a year PERRYSBURG, Ohio (June 6, 2024) – O-I Glass, Inc. (“O-I Glass” or “O-I” has completed the development and testing of […]
50 years of recycling in France – a success story emerging from O-I Glass’ plant in Reims
O-I Glass, Inc., global supplier of glass packaging, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of glass collection and recycling, launched at its Reims plant in 1974. The success of this initiative is clear to see: More than 80% of glass products are now recycled in France; More than 1.15 million tonnes of recycled glass used by […]
O-I and Anheuser-Busch Partner on ‘The Denver Series’ Glass Recycling Initiative
Sustainability takes collaboration, and O-I is entering into new partnerships to increase recycling across the value chain. O-I, along with Anheuser-Busch, Recycle Colorado, Keep America Beautiful, The City of Greeley, and the Denver Broncos Football Club are partnering on “The Denver Series” to make it easy for people to recycle their glass in Denver area […]
