2009 Friend of Glass - Earth911.com
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Earth911.com
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Jennifer Berry - Public & Strategic Relations Manager
jberry@earth911.com
480-889-2650x27
Earth911.com
1375 N. Scottsdale Rd., Suite 360
Scottsdale, AZ 85257
About Earth911.com
Earth911.com is an environmental services company that addresses product end-of-life solutions for businesses and consumers. We provide the platform and tools needed to support recycling and proper disposal for various products once their purpose is served, giving the people who buy them a number of ways to participate in companies’ sustainability initiatives. Through its innovative Local Recycling and Proper Disposal Database, Earth911.com hosts recycling and disposal information for hundreds of products in over 110,000 listings across the country. Additionally, daily news, exclusive features and weekly emails provide more ways to inform and help people connect with the sustainability issues related to the products they buy.
Glass Container Recycling Achievement
With over 13,000 glass recycling services listed in its award-winning Recycling and Proper Disposal Database, Earth911.com provides a comprehensive overview of where and how consumers can get involved in recycling this material in their communities.
Additionally, across the millions of recycling and proper disposal queries carried out each year on this database, “glass” is a top 10 most searched item, with the most searches coming from California, Texas and Pennsylvania.
Earth911.com has also worked to keep readers informed about innovations in the glass industry, such as companies using lighter wine bottles that reduce carbon emissions, along with furniture and even homes constructed with reused glass.
From local recycling searches to comments on news and feature stories, Earth911.com’s readers, and the businesses it works with, are highly engaged in the issues facing a product when it reaches the end of its usable life. And when it comes to glass, a material that can be recycled and reused endlessly, they understand the far-reaching benefits inherent in the amount of energy and virgin materials conserved through this simple action.
Future Plans
As Earth911.com moves forward, it aims to continue growing its relationships with businesses looking to promote environmentally sound solutions for their products’ end-of-life. With an ever-brightening spotlight on producer responsibility for the recovery, recycling and management of products throughout their life cycle, Earth911.com hopes to remain an innovator in providing meaningful ways to support companies in these endeavors.
By nourishing these connections, everyday consumers directly benefit, having increased access to programs and resources to help them reduce energy and materials wasted in landfilled products, potential pollution caused by improper disposal and improve the quality of the areas where they work and live.
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About the institute
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.
