Fall Beers Match Season’s Crisp, Fresh Experience
Fall is here. It’s time to dig your hoodies out of the closet and put away the flipflops. But keep your longneck beer koozies handy. It’s prime season for enjoying cooler temperatures on your porch with a bottle of fall beer in your hand. Fall usually means saying so-long to lighter summery flavors in exchange […]
Local and Sustainable Glass Water Bottles Are Natural Fit for Estonian Mineral Water Company
During a time when shoppers say local, sustainable products are more important than ever, one Estonian beverage company is seamlessly bringing the two together with its water bottles. When Haage Joogid CEO Vello Oselin was exploring packaging for Haage Joogid’s mineral water, he chose glass bottles made by O-I’s plant in Järvakandi, Estonia. Not only are glass bottles 100% recyclable, but O-I Järvakandi is less than 100 miles from the Haage spring itself. […]
Recaptured Heat from O-I Glass Plant Heats Homes in Reims, France
Recaptured Heat from O-I Glass Plant Heats Homes in Reims, France Homes in a historic Reims, France, neighborhood are now being heated in part by recaptured heat from the nearby O-I Glass manufacturing plant. The innovative system creates a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. O-I Glass, Inc. and the France-based energy solution company Dalkia […]
Goose Island Brewery Reveals 2020 Bourbon County Stout Bottle Lineup
This week brings good news for beer fans. Goose Island Brewery says it’ll release its insanely popular bottle lineup of 2020 Bourbon County Stout variants on Black Friday, its traditional release day. If you’re a beer lover, you’re likely very familiar with Bourbon County Stout. It’s the kind of beer release that gets people out […]
In 2020, At Least We Have IPAs
2020 is the year no one expected. While summer vacations are indefinitely on hold, and you are long past enjoying “quality” time with the people you live with, we’re all looking for those silver linings. “At least we have _!” You can fill in the blank with “video chat!” or “online shopping!” or “Netflix!” As […]
Paper Wine ‘Bottles’ Have Flimsy Sustainability Claims Against Glass
Everyone wants to claim they are as beautiful and sustainable as glass bottles, even when the container (aka paper wine bottles) is much closer to a milk carton than a bottle. Maybe imitation is the best form of flattery. If you’re a wine fan, you’ve probably seen some of the headlines touting the earth-friendly attributes […]
O-I Glass Supports Breweries Involved in the Black is Beautiful Beer Campaign
O-I Glass, Inc. is supporting craft breweries and their collective effort around the Black is Beautiful beer campaign by making beer bottles available to breweries who need them. The Black is Beautiful beer initiative was founded by Weathered Souls Brewing in San Antonio, Texas. Weathered Souls created the Black is Beautiful beer and will donate […]
Make ‘Plastic Free July’ Lifestyle Changes Stick for Good
Making long-term lifestyle changes you start during Plastic Free July can make a difference for the health of the planet and its people.
Panel: ‘Short-Sighted’ Recycling Pause Due to Covid-19 Damages U.S. Manufacturing
Recycling is not a luxury. Recycled materials that are gathered by curbside and other municipality-backed recycling programs are used to make vital things, like packaging for groceries and hospital equipment. Covid-19 has impacted recycling programs and practices to the point that manufacturers are having a hard time getting enough recycled materials to create every day supplies, and that includes O-I Glass, the world’s largest manufacturers of glass packaging for food and […]
Ambitious ‘Close the Glass Loop’ Campaign Aims to Push EU’s Glass Recycling Rates to 90%
Close the Glass Loop, the ambitious campaign to push glass recycling to new heights in the European Union, officially launches this week. The initiative is groundbreaking in the sense that stakeholders from across the glass packaging ecosystem have pledged their support in order to work together toward the aggressive goal of 90% glass collection rate […]
