“Driving” Sustainability By Leveraging Biofuels
O-I’s Reims, France, plant is delivering champagne bottles to nearby customers with trucks powered by grapeseed and fryer oil. The grapeseed oil is harvested in the Marne and Aubre regions of France and the fryer oil comes from the Paris region. Leveraging biofuels in the transportation of our bottles results in a 60% CO2 emissions […]
O-I Announces New Partnerships to Increase Post Consumer Glass Recycling in Brazil
O-I’s team in Brazil recently announced two exciting new partnerships that increase post-consumer glass recycling, reduce consumer waste, and conserve resources in Brazil. The partnerships – with the Recicleiros Institute, a civil society organization, and Orizon, one of the country’s largest private landfill companies – support O-I’s ambitious goal of increasing cullet, or recycled glass, in […]
GLASS4GOOD™ Achieves Tremendous Success in Waco, Texas
In only eight months, Waco, Texas, GLASS4GOOD ™ program has recycled more glass than the city recycled throughout the entire year of 2022! O-I In partnership with Keep Waco Beautiful, the City of Waco, and Pernod Ricard created GLASS4GOOD™ in Waco to make glass recycling more accessible to the community. “Since launching in January 2023, […]
New Video: O-I’s High-Tech Sand Plant in Colombia
Sand is a main ingredient to create glass packaging, and O-I’s expansion of a high-tech silica sand plant at its Zipaquirá, Colombia, glass manufacturing facility is increasing productivity and efficiency with sustainability in mind. The sand plant features advanced technology using physical gravimetric principles, delivering an end product that meets glass industry technical specifications. It […]
Texas Border City Increases Glass Recycling Through O-I Partnership
Recycled glass is an important ingredient in glass manufacturing. A new partnership between a U.S. border city and one of O-I’s plants in northern Mexico shows how collaboration can keep this valuable recycled glass in the manufacturing stream. The City of McAllen, which is located near the U.S.-Mexico border, is about a three-hour drive to […]
Glass Packaging Healthiest, Most Sustainable for New Bio Amayu Juice Shots
When Grupo AJE (AJE) was developing their new Bio Amayu shots, there was one packaging option that met the criteria of safety, sustainability and health for their product – glass. O-I Glass designed the 60-ml glass bottles for the innovative new line of Bio Amayu Shots, which are made of natural health supplements and are […]
O-I Glass Named Among ‘America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023’
Newsweek has named O-I Glass to its “America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023” list. The list spotlights 500 leaders in sustainability among the U.S.’s largest public corporations across a dozen industries. O-I Glass is among the world’s leading, sustainable producers of glass bottles and jars for food and beverage companies. Our vision is to be the […]
On This Giving Tuesday, the Value of Giving Has Never Been More Apparent
Volunteering and charitable donations are more important than ever as the cost of living continues to rise and charitable organizations work to meet the growing demand of those in need. In late 2022, energy costs are rising sharply as cold weather approaches in many parts of the United States. According to the National Energy Assistance […]
Pennsylvania State Senator Cris Dush Presents O-I Brockway with ENERGY STAR® Certificate
Pennsylvania State Senator Cris Dush presented the ENERGY STAR® Certificate to O-I’s Brockway facility at a press conference in Brockport, Pennsylvania, today. State Representative Brian Smith was also in attendance. O-I Brockway earned the ENERGY STAR® certification in 2021 and is one of two Pennsylvania manufacturers included in the EPA’s “2021 Most Energy Efficient Manufacturing […]
7 EcoHacks to Treat Every Day Like Earth Day
Creating a sustainable lifestyle might feel like a monumental task, but it’s easier to manage when you think about making small changes. We’ve collected a series of seven simple ecohacks you can do to make every day feel like Earth Day. These ecohacks are designed to be so simple, you’ll probably find yourself showing off […]
