Southern Oregon Wine Institute Benefits from O-I’s “Best of Glass” Program
O-I has donated more than 17,000 bottles to the Southern Oregon Wine Institute [link to http://www.umpqua.edu/sowi] at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, OR. The bottles were shipped to the school from O-I’s glass plant in Fairfield, CA.
The donation was the result of O-I’s Best of Glass program, in which the company donates wine bottles to schools that teach about growing grapes and making wine. The institute’s director contacted O-I and was asked how many bottles were needed. “In many ways, this is a very, large national company that recognizes the work we're doing at the college,” said Chris Lake, the institute's director. “It just always feels good to have somebody say ‘yeah, we're doing the right thing,'” Lake expects the institute to use the bottles to bottle pinot noir in the next month or so. The wine produced at the institute is eventually sold on campus.
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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.
