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Welcome to this special edition of Inside Glass Packaging, your guide to Recycle Glass Week activities, awards, and recycling fun. Take advantage of opportunities to recycle at events from Welcome, NC to New York City. Join the celebration. Recycle your glass bottles and jars. And tell your friends.
Over 50 U.S. Glass Manufacturing Facilities Hold Local Recycle Glass Week Events
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Georgia
Glass recycling collection at Anchor Warner Robins plant all September.
Indiana
Saint-Gobain is Marsh Supermarket Kids Club “Treat of the Week” sponsor. Activity book, stickers, and more.
New York
Recycle in NYC’s Madison Square Park with GPI, TOMRA, and Voss Water.
Oklahoma
O-I and City of Muskogee place glass drop-off at recycling center. Prizes!
North Carolina
O-I glass collection event in Welcome, NC. Hot dogs, and drinks for glass recyclers.
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The Glass Packaging Institute’s Recycle Glass Week kicks off September 21st with 51 events at glass container manufacturing plants and towns across the country to promote consumer recycling of glass bottles and jars.
“Glass manufacturing companies, with the support of thousands of plant employees, will be holding events to encourage glass container recycling during Recycle Glass Week,” says GPI president, Joseph Cattaneo. “We’re encouraging consumers to recycle their glass bottles and jars to save energy, reduce the amount of recyclable materials entering landfills, and help create a greener future.”
Anchor Glass will hold events in Winchester, IN; Salem, NJ; Henryetta, OK; Elmira, NY; Jacksonville, FL; Shakopee, MN; Warner Robins, GA; Lawrenceburg, IN; and Tampa, FL. O-I is holding events at each of its 21 plants across the country. Saint-Gobain Containers’ glass committees have a goal to reach out to over 10,000 students with their glass container educational awareness program featuring “Captain Cullet” and “Little Gob.” More Events
New Survey Finds 8 out of 10 U.S. Households Recycle
Survey kicks off Nationwide Events for Recycle Glass Week, Starting September 21st
 Nearly 94% of Americans know recycling is good for the environment and nearly 60% identify glass as part of sustaining a healthy lifestyle, according to a recent survey commissioned by the Glass Packaging Institute and Dr. Doyle Yoon, Professor at Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Oklahoma.
Of those households that recycle, 82% recycle glass bottles. When consumers were asked which containers are most “environmentally friendly,” 22% said glass bottles and jars, while 27% answered paper containers. Fewer chose plastic bottles (8%) or bag-in-box containers (9.5%).
The survey results are being released as part of Recycle Glass Week. The survey has a margin of error of +/- 3.7%. Get all the results
Kick Off Recycle Glass Week in NYC’s Madison Square Park
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Stop by and recycle your empty glass containers, cans, and plastic bottles for a chance to receive cool prizes! GPI and TOMRA, a provider of reverse vending machines for collecting and sorting empty beverage containers for recycling, along with VOSS Water, will provide a container recycling kiosk for park visitors.
Where’s Little Bottle?
On Sunday, September 20th Little Bottle will roam NYC, stopping at celebrated landmarks. If you spot him, stop him. Little Bottle will be posing for pictures, and you could see yours on the GPI website during Recycle Glass Week!
Meet us at the Today Show
Little Bottle is hoping to make his dreams come true by meeting Al, Matt, Meredith, and Ann on Monday, September 21st in the outdoor broadcast area of Rockefeller Center at the Today Show. Stop by and say “hi” and help him spread the word about the benefits of glass container recycling.
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Little Bottle Debuts on YouTube
Little Bottle proves he’s all American when it comes to recycling—a little bit history buff and a little bit rock and roll. Watch and then help Little Bottle spread the word about the environmental power of glass container recycling. Share the PSA with your friends, link to it from your web site, Facebook page or blog. Tweet, twitter, and otherwise make a fool of yourself over it. Just share the news to recycle your glass bottles and jars.
Clear Choice Awards Winners Announced September 22, 2009
The entries are in, but who will win?
 Be the first to find out the winners of GPI’s 2009 Clear Choice Awards on Tuesday, September 22nd at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Winners will be announced on the GPI website through a video presentation. The 100th viewer will receive a $100 American Express gift card and everybody will get an inside look at the 2009 top glass container designs in North America. Don’t miss out. Mark your calendars.
2009 “Friends of Glass” Revealed Wednesday September 23rd
GPI honors a website, hospitality organization, legislator, community, 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. Watch online at the GPI web site for the big reveal.
Get GPI’s “Top Ten” Ways to Participate in Recycle Glass Week
 Still not sure how you want to get involved in Recycle Glass Week? Check out more ways to participate with our Top 10 List
Celebrate with a Recycle Glass Week T-Shirt, Hat, Reusable Bag, and More
Want to show your support for Recycle Glass Week and help spread the word about the environmental benefits of recycling your glass bottles and jars? Get a Recycle Glass Week hat or reusable bag. And there are T-shirts for everyone—from babies to bartenders. Check it out
2008 Recycle Glass YouTube Video Still a Winner
Check out the 2008 Recycle Glass YouTube winning video, announced on last year’s Recycle Glass Day. Created by Michigan State University students, it’s proof that glass bottles want to be recycled—and can’t do it without your help. Take a look
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