Renata Tambasco’s Glass Recycling Start-Up Creates New Habits in São Paulo
Recitotal, a glass recycling and processing company based in São Paulo, Brazil isn’t your average recycling collection operation. Led by Managing Director Renata De Moraes Pereira Tambasco, Recitotal employees travel their route by motorized tricycles, collecting glass bottles and jars from bars, restaurants, and condominiums. The project started in 2019. The motorized tricycles are green, […]
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 […]
Providing Our People Flexibility to Work Where They Work Best
Work is changing. How people want to work, where people want to work, and where we see them performing best is changing. That’s why O-I introduced “Connected Work.” It’s a hybrid work concept for our salaried employees that emphasizes remote work most days while encouraging our teams to go into the office when they need […]
Colorado Brewery’s Glass Recycling Program Grows into Larger Partnership with City of Greeley
When Jeff Crabtree started a glass recycling program at his brewery in Greeley, Colorado, he had no idea how popular it would become. Crabtree Brewing’s program has now developed into a larger public-private partnership between the brewery, the City of Greeley, Anderson Sales and Salvage and O-I Glass. As of March 2022, the city transports […]
Coca-Cola UNITED Partners with O-I to Recycle Glass Bottles
Coca-Coca Bottling Company UNITED is committed to creating a World Without Waste and has a goal of using 50% recycled material in their bottles by 2030. The bottling company is partnering with O-I Glass to capture more recycled glass to be created into new glass bottles. “We previously sent our glass bottles to a local recycler […]
‘100% Sicily’ Wine Bottle is Even More … Sicily
The bottle that we’ve dubbed the “100% Sicily” wine bottle is now even more … well, Sicilian! We’ve often shared details about this circular economy success out of Italy. The “100% Sicily” bottle is produced with recycled glass collected from the island of Sicily along with ingredients coming from the island. It’s manufactured by our […]
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 […]
For Marta Mamelka-Potts, Glassmaking ‘Feels Like Home’
For Marta Mamelka-Potts, the very sounds and smells of glassmaking are familiar and comforting. Marta is a Continuous Improvement Leader for the Rocky Mountain Bottle Company, a joint venture between Molson Coors and O-I Glass in Colorado. Her background is steeped in glassmaking and her childhood memories are filled with visits to Huta Szkła Wymiarki, […]
‘Recycle for Pennsylvania’ Makes Glass Recycling Easy
There are more than 400 liquor licenses in Erie County, Pennsylvania. But in 2016, commercial recycling programs stopped collecting glass; it was dropped from curbside recycling in 2018. Prism Glass Recycling of Erie estimates the county sends roughly 7,000 tons of glass to landfills each year. The new Recycle for Pennsylvania program is bridging the […]
O-I Plans Investments at Vayres & Puy-Guillaume Plants
O-I Glass is announcing investments at two of our plants in France. This year, the Vayres plant in southwest France and the Puy-Guillaume plant in central France will implement new systems and technology to build capability and capacity while reducing energy demand and emissions. A €34 million (EUR) investment will equip O-I’s Vayres plant with […]
