We CAN Recycle Inc. Celebrates Recycle Glass Week with G-Cycle Event and “Friend of Glass” Recognition
“Friend of Glass” award presented at Texas Recycling & Sustainability Summit
On September 18th in honor of Recycle Glass Week, We CAN Recycle Inc. held a G-Cycle event at their facility in Houston, TX—complete with live music. Residents were invited to bring their glass for recycling and stick around for the music. The one-day event brought in just under a ton of additional glass.
“A couple of friends of mine are well-known local musicians and they came out and played,” says Mark Austin, owner of We CAN Recycle Inc. “Not too many recycling centers have live music when they have recycling events.” Musicians John Egan and Gary Burgess performed live at the G-Cycle event to the delight of locals dropping off glass bottles and other materials for recycling.
Later in the month, Austin received the “Friend of Glass” award at the opening event of the annual conference of the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) (see photo left). “It’s really is a tremendous honor to be recognized by GPI for the work I’ve done in Houston,” says Austin. Last year, Austin was also recognized by STAR, the state’s recycling organization, for his recycling efforts. “One person can actually make a difference,” says Austin. And he has. Austin is responsible for recycling over a million pounds of glass a year.
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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.
