Indy’s Broad Ripple Village Glass Bar/Restaurant Program Expands
In honor of Recycle Glass Week, Verallia North America donated and organized with Green Broad Ripple the drop off of 100 recycling bins for glass bottles and jars. This will expand the recycling program to include 14 Broad Ripple bars and restaurants and bring in an anticipated 20 tons of glass a month for recycling.
“When Green Broad Ripple and Village business owners decided to work toward the goal of 'zero landfill,' separating glass from the overall waste stream proved to be the easiest first focus,” says Brenda Rising-Moore, Union Jack Pub Owner and Green Broad Ripple Inc. co-founder. “We quickly learned that producing new bottles out of old, in Indiana, makes good economic sense, and it’s a logical sustainability practice."
Little Bottle presented silicone bracelets that read "Act Green @ChooseGlass," linking to GPI’s twitter account, to attendees and people on the city streets. Local media were also on hand. Read an article.
“We hope to see this private partnership duplicated across the state,” said Carey Hamilton, executive director of the Indiana Recycling Coalition. “When we take this glass and turn it back into recycled glass made in Indiana, we’re creating new, green jobs.”
Strategic Materials will collect and sort the glass by color, and Verallia, which has a production facility in Dunkirk, IN, will melt and mold the glass into new bottles. The new recycling initiative is an expansion of a program that began in 2007, when 10 bars and restaurants in Broad Ripple began recycling glass bottles. More
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The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is the trade association representing the North American glass container industry. Through GPI, glass container manufacturers speak with one voice to advocate industry standards, promote sound environmental policies and educate packaging professionals. GPI member companies manufacture glass containers for food, beverage, cosmetic and many other products. GPI also has associate members that represent a broad range of suppliers and closure manufacturers.
