2010 Friends of Glass Honorees
GPI honors a website, hospitality organization, community/organization, and best friends of glass for making innovative and significant efforts to promote or participate in glass container recycling. Find out who the honorees are and what they’re doing to make a difference below.
Container Recycling Institute
2010 Friend of Glass - Website
For almost 20 years, the nonprofit Container Recycling Institute has diligently studied and promoted policies and programs that increase recovery and recycling of beverage containers. CRI’s primary focus for increasing glass, plastic, and aluminum beverage container recycling is the implementation of state container deposit programs. CRI also educates policy makers, government officials and the general public about the challenges of single stream recycling and other collection practices that impact the quality and quantity of beverage container recycling.
MGM Resorts International
2010 Friend of Glass - Hospitality Industry
From January through July 2010, MGM Resorts recycled nearly 1,850 tons of glass containers at its ten Las Vegas, NV, hotel properties. MGM Resorts expects to recycle an estimated total of 3,000 tons (6 million pounds) of glass in 2010, nearly tripling the 1,148 tons of glass bottles and jars the Company recycled in 2009. MGM Resorts’ commitment to recycling glass has resulted in successes that showcase the potential viability of bar/restaurant/hotel programs in North America.
We CAN Recycle Inc.
2010 Friend of Glass - Organization
We CAN Recycle has collected and recycled over 880 tons of glass since being founded in late 2008. In 2009, the organization recycled over 350 tons of glass, keeping 88 tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere. We CAN Recycle has already collected over 530 tons of glass for bottle-to-bottle recycling from January - September 2010. Moving forward, the organization’s goal is to collect 6 to 10 tons of glass daily and eventually expand services to cover all of Texas and the south-central region of the U.S.
Boulevard Brewing Company
2010 Best Friend of Glass
As one of the largest glass consumers in the Kansas City area, the brewery recognizes the positive benefits of glass - it preserves the quality and taste of the beer, contributes to the premium image of Boulevard’s products, and is sustainable. With the support of local companies and community organizations, the brewery took action and formed Ripple Glass, a processing plant dedicated to recycling glass containers. So far this year, more than 6,400 tons of glass in the Greater Kansas City Area have been processed.
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
2010 Best Friend of Glass
Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) has a number of brands available primarily in glass packaging, including Snapple, Yoo-hoo, Stewarts, IBC, Nantucket Nectars and Mystic. The company also continues to sell many of its leading soft drink brands, such as Dr Pepper, 7UP, Sunkist and Crush in glass packaging in certain retail and foodservice channels. DPS uses containers that are 100 percent recyclable and promotes their recycling with “please recycle” notations on packages. The company has set a goal to recycle 80 percent of waste from its manufacturing operations by 2015 and has joined in the American Beverage Association’s Full Circle Recycling Initiative.
LiDestri
2010 Best Friend of Glass
Since 1979, LiDestri has used glass jars to package its pasta sauces, which includes 70 product lines that fill more than 400 million glass containers annually. Currently, LiDestri recycles up to 90 percent of excess cardboard material, glass packaging, metal straps and any other materials that can be recycled. The company has set aggressive sustainability goals that include a 25 percent decrease in paper use by 2013, decreasing water usage by at least 50 percent across all facilities by 2014, and achieving 95 percent raw material waste reuse and recycling by 2013.
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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.
