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Recycle Glass Month Wrap-Up
 Recycle Glass Month was a great success! With events across the country, communities came together in spreading the buzz about glass. GPI also held its first ever "People's Choice" category as an extension of the Clear Choice Awards. Throughout the month, fans and followers were given the opportunity to vote for their favorite glass bottle. See more |
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Event Calendar
October 26-27, 2011 Memphis, TN
November 6-8, 2011
November 15, 2011
 
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GPI Announces "Friends of Glass" Honorees
During Recycle Glass Month, GPI announced its Friends
 of Glass honorees for 2011. Each year, GPI honors a website, hospitality organization, community/organization, and best friends of glass for making innovative and significant efforts to promote or participatein glass container recycling.
The 2011 "Friends of Glass" honorees are: Saratoga Water Company; organic food maker Eden Foods, Inc.; social media game maker Ecotopia; all natural soup maker Two Guys in Vermont; Blue Skies Recycling; Marion County, Ohio recycling initiative "Glass Act;" Pete's New Haven Style Apizza; and Constellation Brands, the world's leading premium wine company. Learn More
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GPI and Member Companies Submit Comments on EPA's MSW Report
In response to the U.S. EPA's request for comments on their Municipal Solid Waste Report, the Glass Packaging Institute and its member companies have responded with specific request for changes. In addition to comments focused on the energy and emissions benefits of using recycled glass, the GPI asked the EPA to consider including the use of industry data for recycled content, distinguishing between closed-loop recycling and diversion, and examining the effectiveness of current recycling collection systems for recovering materials. Read More
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Spear Helps Bud Light Get Personal
Spear joined forces with Anheuser-Busch InBev to introduce a dynamic, interactive label for its Bud Light brand. Incorporating metal activation technology, Spear's technical team transformed the Bud Light label to allow drinkers to add a personal touch. The label, printed at Spear's Tennessee facility, features an exclusive area for consumers to customize their bottle using a coin or key to write a message or draw an image. It also helps to avoid bottle mix-ups-or exchange phone numbers. According to Mike Sundet, Senior Director of Bud Light, "Bud Light drinkers are always looking for fun, quirky ways to express themselves, and the My Bud Light bottle offers them a canvas to do just that."
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Glass News Round-Up
The September issue of Inside VT Wood, from Virginia Tech's the Department of Wood Science & Forest Products, features an article on GPI support for their budding packaging program. "Glass Packaging Institute Supports VT Packaging Program," highlights GPI presentations/lectures, glass manufacturing facility visits, and GPI member donations that have contributed to the new program.
Expanded results from GPI bar/restaurant glass recycling survey are featured in "Raising the Bar," in October's Resource Recycling magazine. And help your local bar/restaurant recycle glass bottles with tips from Earth911.org
The first ever "Recycling is No Joke" video contest has launched for America Recycles Day. Open to contestants of all ages, and the winner receives $1,000 if they can make the judges-and you-laugh. Contest runs through October 21, 2011.
EMERGE has unveiled a new platform, Re-TRAC Connect, that is available to all communities as a free resource. This new data management tool allows communities to capture, analyze, and report on waste and recycling efforts to benchmark progress.
A new documentary created by Seattle-based Sage Environmental Services, examines the potential of zero waste. The documentary, "Unwasted: The Future of Business on Earth," offers tips on how businesses can meet zero waste goals. Watch the trailer
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