September 23, 2009 - Earth911.com Receives Environmental Recognition for Creating Recycling Awareness
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September 23, 2009
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Earth911.com Receives Environmental Recognition for Creating Recycling Awareness
GPI provides “Friends of Glass” Recognition for Glass Container Recycling Initiatives
Alexandria, September 23, 2009 - The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is proud to recognize Earth911.com (http://earth911.com/) as a model website for its achievements in making significant and innovative efforts to promote glass container recycling for bottle-to-bottle use. Earth911.com is among the seven “Friends of Glass” recognized by GPI during Recycle Glass Week, September 21 - 27, 2009.
Founded in 1991, Earth911.com is an environmental services company that addresses product end-of-life solutions for businesses and consumers. Earth911.com hosts the largest national recycling and proper disposal database in existence, including over 110,000 recycling locations for over 200 materials across the U.S.
“Earth911.com is gratified to receive this award from such as prestigious organization as the Glass Packaging Institute,” said John Furman, CEO of Earth911.com. “Glass is one of the top 10 most searched materials in our database, indicating to us a strong level of commitment to keep as much of this material as possible in the recycling and manufacturing streams.”
The Web site represents 19 years of industry professionals and local communities working together to create an easy-to-use recycling directory. Earth911.com also writes daily news and weekly features that explain the issues, people and ideas at the forefront of sustainability.
“We believe that partnerships with ‘Friends of Glass’ like Earth911.com are imperative to facilitating better collection and recycling processes for glass bottle-to-bottle recycling to help save energy and our environment,” said Joseph Cattaneo, president of the Glass Packaging Institute. “The glass container industry thanks our 2009 ‘Friends of Glass’ for their work on behalf of glass container recycling and encourages other communities and organizations to follow their lead.”
Focusing on the issues facing products at the end of their life cycle, Earth911.com aids businesses in developing initiatives that engage their consumers in sustainability. Recycling glass with Earth911.com’s award-winning database is simple, with over 13,000 locations in the U.S. accepting the material.
This year, GPI recognizes “Friends of Glass” in five categories: Earth911.com (website); the Hyatt Regency Atlanta (hospitality industry); the City of Ft. Collins, Colorado, Natural Resource Department (community); Representative Jay Inslee (legislator); and “Best Friends of Glass,” including Sierra Nevada Brewing Company; McIlhenny Company, makers of TABASCO® Brand Products; and Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
Recycle Glass Week is an awareness event aimed to educate consumers about the environmental benefits of and to encourage participation in glass container recycling 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 2013. Doubling the U.S. glass container recycling rate (28 percent in 2007) would allow manufacturers to use 50 percent recycled glass to make new glass containers, saving enough energy to power 21,978 homes for one year and removing 181,550 tons of waste from landfills every month.
During Recycle Glass Week, GPI and its member companies are also holding nationwide glass recycling-related activities; providing consumers with information and opportunities to hold their own recycling events; and announcing the winners of its 2009 Clear Choice Awards.
Today, glass is the proven form of packaging for those who are looking for sustainability, purity, and recyclability. Glass is made from all-natural, sustainable raw materials and it can be recycled again and again without loss of quality or purity. Reuse of post-consumer recycled glass containers minimizes consumption of raw materials, lessens the industry’s demand for energy, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Find out more about Earth911.com’s achievements at http://earth911.com. For more information on upcoming Recycle Glass Week activities and events, please go to www.gpi.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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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.
