Art, Glass, and The Art of Recycling: O-I and SICOVAD Summer Glass Recycling Campaign
How do you encourage people to recycle glass products? You share with them the value of glass recycling and make recycling both easy and convenient. And what better way to increase the awareness than to kick off a summer campaign that combines art and sustainability? The goal of the Containers Tour 2021 in Gironcourt-sur-Vraine, France, […]
Pittsburgh’s Pop-Up Glass Recycling Program is a Win-Win
Glass should never be trash – it’s infinitely recyclable and 100% recyclable. While recycling glass is a no-brainer, it’s not always as easy as putting your used bottles and jars in the curbside bin. When waste haulers serving the Pittsburgh metro area stopped accepting glass in curbside recycling bins at the beginning of 2019, the […]
VIDEO: Colorado Brewery Launches Glass Recycling Program
A grassroots glass recycling program has sprung up at Crabtree Brewing in Greeley, Colorado, thanks to a little ingenuity, a little bit of recycling education, and a long friendship between a craft brewer and a glassmaker. Bob Kunkle is a second-generation employee for O-I Glass, one of the world’s largest glass packaging manufacturers. Bob noticed […]
O-I Joins Heineken for Glass Recycling Pilot Program in Brazil
A new glass recycling pilot program from Heineken and O-I in Brazil is rewarding consumers who recycle their glass bottles by creating a reward system.
Making Glass Bottles is High-Tech. Recycling Them is Super Simple
When you see the leading edge technology that O-I uses to make sustainable glass packaging, it’s downright impressive, and even a little mind-bending. On the flip side, your job in the circular economy as a consumer is about as low-tech and no-fuss as it comes: it’s as easy as tossing your empty glass bottle into […]
