September 16, 2010 - Container Recycling Institute Receives Environmental Recognition for Creating Beverage Container Recycling Awareness
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September 16, 2010
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Container Recycling Institute Receives Environmental Recognition for Creating Beverage Container Recycling Awareness
GPI provides “Friends of Glass” Recognition as part of 2010 Recycle Glass Week
Alexandria, Virginia, September 16, 2010 - The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is proud to recognize the Container Recycling Institute (CRI) as a model website for its achievements in making significant and innovative efforts to promote glass container recycling for bottle-to-bottle use. The Container Recycling Institute is among the six “Friends of Glass” recognized by GPI during its second-annual Recycle Glass Week, September 12 - 18, 2010. Find out more about the 2010 Friends of Glass: /learn-about-glass/recycle-glass-week/2010-friends-of-glass-honorees.html
“Since 1991, CRI has been the nation’s clearinghouse for beverage container recycling information, including the calculation of the nation’s recycling rate for all beverage containers, as well as state-by-state recycling rates. Our two web sites are visited by tens of thousands of visitors each month, because media and consumers are hungry for information about how we can improve recycling,” says Susan Collins, Executive Director, Container Recycling Institute. “We are proud to have been a part of the coalitions that achieved expansions of the container deposit laws in New York and Connecticut in 2009; those two expansions have the potential to increase the nation’s beverage container recycling rate by two percentage points.”
“Consumers need to understand the impact they can have when they recycle glass bottles and jars. Glass is endlessly recyclable and there are big energy savings when recovered glass is used to make new bottles,” says Joseph Cattaneo, president of the Glass Packaging Institute. “We thank the Container Recycling Institute for creating glass container recycling awareness, and hope this recognition will call attention to the value of glass container recycling and ultimately help us reach the goal of using 50 percent recycled glass in the manufacture of new containers by the end of 2013.”
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.
This year, GPI recognizes six “Friends of Glass” in four categories: Container Recycling Institute (website); MGM Resorts International (hospitality industry); We CAN Recycle Inc. (organization); and Best Friends of Glass, including Boulevard Brewing Company; Dr Pepper Snapple Group; and LiDestri. Friends of Glass honorees in 2009 included Earth911.com; the Hyatt Regency Atlanta; Rep. Jay Inslee; the City of Fort Collins, Colorado; Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.; Heaven Hill Distilleries; and McIlhenny Company for TABASCO® Brand.
Recycle Glass Week is an awareness event aimed to educate consumers about the environmental benefits of glass bottle recycling and encourage participation in recycling glass to help save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate the industry’s nationwide goal of using 50 percent recycled content in the manufacture of new glass bottles and jars by the end of 2013. Visit www.gpi.org for more information on Recycle Glass Week activities and events.
CRI is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that studies and promotes policies and programs that increase recovery and recycling of beverage containers, and shift the social and environmental costs associated with manufacturing, recycling, and disposal of container and packaging waste from government and taxpayers to producers and consumers. www.container-recycling.org
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. www.gpi.org
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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.
