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 […]
O-I Sustainability Chief ‘Nudges’ Council of Great Lakes Region Toward Circular Economy
When you toss your bottle into the recycling bin, ask yourself, what are the factors that influenced you to choose the bin vs the rubbish? What factors drive the success of recycling and the failures of waste? Randy Burns, O-I’s Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer challenged more than 60 leaders and influencers from the […]
Message Behind Retro Beer Bottle Commercial Stands the Test of Time
It’s fall 1976. The United States has just passed its bicentennial. Disco is sweeping the U.S. airwaves as the Bee Gees as well as KC and the Sunshine Band replace No. 1 summer anthems from Paul McCartney’s Wings and Elton John on the Billboard charts. Volleyball is a hot backyard game for barbecues. NASA successfully […]
O-I Melbourne and Two Birds Brewing Create Community, Sustainability Through Glass
As part of a rebranding campaign, Australia’s Two Birds Brewing is telling beer lovers about glass’s earth-friendly benefits. Two Birds Brewing in Spotswood, Victoria, a Melbourne suburb, cares about the environment. Co-founders Jayne Lewis and Danielle Allen love that the results of their hard work are presented to beer lovers in a pure, natural, glass bottle. They also love that […]
Glass is One Way Kererū Brewing Co. Supports a Local, Sustainable Economy
Kererū Brewing Co. in New Zealand has built its brewery on two tenants: support the local economy and support the longevity of the earth. Selling its craft beers in glass bottles made by O-I Glass is one way the brewery makes progress on both of its goals. “My personal feeling about sustainability is that it’s a planet that we’re borrowing, and we really ought better to return […]
Cassels Brewing Builds Community Through Beer and Respect for Nature
Cassels Brewing Co. has a reputation for brewing one of the top stouts in the world. Like many craft breweries, this award-winning brewery takes its role in being a community centerpiece to heart. The Christchurch, New Zealand brewery started in 2009 with a homemade wood-fired brewing system. For the next two years, it grew and generated buzz throughout the beer world. Then the 2011 Christchurch earthquake jolted the city—and the […]
Dispelling the Myths of Glass Recycling
O-I Meets with DEQ to Educate about Glass Benefits Glass packaging is 100% and infinitely recyclable. It can be made in to a new glass package over and over again, preserving the quality of the product inside. Using recycled glass to make new food and beverage packaging helps reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions […]
Stone & Wood Brewing Co. and O-I Partner to ‘Tighten the Loop’ for Recycled Beer Bottles
Sustainability is part of the ethos at Stone & Wood Brewing Co., an O-I client based in Brisbane, Australia. The craft brewery is deeply engaged in reducing its environmental footprint in every part of the process, from ingredients to beer packaging to waste. The brewery and O-I are working together to reduce waste and make the best […]
