Emerging Markets To Boost Glass Packaging Demand
An increasing demand for food and drink packaging in the four BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — and eastern European nations will yield upwards of $43 billion in growth by 2016, according to a report issued by PIRA International. The researchers forecast that glass packaging demand will increase from $45 billion in 2010 to around $53 billion by 2016. In total, global packaging demand is expected to reach $820 billion by 2016. More
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This simple animation presents the bottle-to-bottle glass recycling process. It's part of the UK's "Recycle Now" initiative, sponsored by WRAP. The UK currently recycles around 50% of glass containers. Watch
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Event Calendar
2012 Wisconsin Integrated Resource Management Conference
February 29 — March 2, 2012
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Green Growth and Resource Recovery: The New Orleans Opportunity
March 2, 2012
New Orleans, LA
25th Annual Southeast Recycling Conference
March 11-14, 2012
Destin, FL
Carolinas Recycling Association Conference
March 19-23, 2012
Asheville, NC
2012 Residential Recycling Conference
March 28-30, 2012
Dallas, TX
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Industry Initiative Takes Off to Move Recycling Forward
Action to Accelerate Recycling, an event that gathered nearly 80 corporate, trade groups, environmental and governmental leaders for two days in Dallas, TX, is pushing forward a plan to boost recycling rates by 20 percentage points in non-deposit state by 2015.
To reach this goal, small working groups were formed to address outreach, residential collection obstacles, public areas and on-premise collection, and capacity development. They will report back in 30 days for development of a master plan to reach the goal.
The event was sponsored by Alcoa with the assistance of other industry leaders including Owens-Illinois. Active participants included glass manufacturer Verallia and the Glass Packaging Institute. Attendees represented the entire supply chain, including more than 70% of the soft drink industry, 90% of the glass container market and all of the aluminum can sheet industry according to Resource Recycling. More
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Iowa Proposes Change to Beverage Container Refund Program
Iowa State Senate President Jack Kibbie and Representative John Kibbie have introduced legislation that would increase handling fees to the state's container refund program redemption centers. Currently, when a consumer returns a covered beverage container to a redemption center, they receive a nickel back for the five cents paid at the time of purchase.
Proposed legislation would permit the redemption center to keep a penny for their operation and give the consumer 4 cents per container. The state's redemption centers have not had an increase in their 1-cent handling fee per container since the program's inception in 1978. Owners of these redemption centers claim that the increase is overdue and will assist them in keeping their operations sustainable.
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Glass Packaging Offers Sustainability and Shelf Appeal
Garnier, L'Oreal's cosmetics and toiletries brand, is now using a range of glass jars, containing 40% recycled glass, for its face care line, a move to the next stage in its efforts to minimize the environmental impact of its packaging. More
And Mina Harissa, Casablanca Foods line of traditional Moroccan red pepper sauce, is now placing the Glass Recycles Logo on all of it glass packages, which are made at Leone Industries plant in New Jersey. "I really believe the glass recycles logo should be utilized more on glass packaging," says Fouad Kallamni, Founder of Casablanca Foods.
In addition to sustainability advantages, glass packages build award winning brands. Two Vitro glass containers were awarded top prizes at the World Packaging Organization The 750 ml "Tequila Nuestro Orgullo" packaged by Compania Tequilera de Jalisco and the men's fragrance "1200°C" for L‟Bel packaged by Belcorp took top honors over 240 entries from 33 countries.
And Britvic's Purdey's, packaged in a silver shrink-wrapped glass bottle, will appear in Brand Packaging's Design Gallery 2011, an annual publication that celebrates the essential role packaging plays in creating one-on-one experiences with consumers to bolster brand connection. More
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Glass News Round-Up
Verallia will sponsor a glass packaging webcast February 28, 2012 featuring Diageo, Eden Foods, and OSO Beverages. Moderated by the editors of Packaging Digest, the panel will address why they look to glass for today's marketing and production challenges. Register now
Past "Friend of Glass" winner MGM Resorts International broke the 10 million pounds of glass recycled in 2011 at 10 hotel properties, averaging 425 tons/month. The majority of glass goes to CA for use in making new glass bottles and jars. Watch the video
Strategic Materials regional sourcing manager presented at a NRC-hosted webinar on markets for Pennsylvania's recycled glass triple mix that is coming out of single stream recycling programs in the state. View and download the presentation
Ohio Department of Natural Resources has given a grant to award-winning, model "Glass Act" program in Marion, OH. Begun two years ago, the program recycles glass bottles from local bars and restaurants.
TOMRA has sold its California recycling operation. A newly formed business has purchased Tomra Pacific, Inc., which collects beverage containers covered by California's container deposit law and operates under the name "rePLANET," for $25 million. Formed in 1998 by TOMRA, rePLANET operates more than 400 recycling centers in the state, collecting and processing about 2.5 billion cans and bottles, annually. More
Belu's new green glass water bottles, with 70% recycled content, will donate its profits to the charity WaterAid over the next three years. Profits will help fund clean water projects in the world's poorest communities. UK-based Belu sells still and sparkling water packaged in green glass bottles to hotels and restaurants. More
Coca-Cola expands recycling bin grants to colleges and Universities for 2012. The Coca-Cola Recycling Bin Grant Program now includes both a specific college and university focused grant and the traditional public space recycling bin grant.
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