Partnership in Kansas Closes the Loop on Glass Bottle Recycling
Following a 2009 study showing Kansas City, MO was throwing 150 million pounds of recyclable glass in the landfill, local Boulevard Brewing helped to form glass recycling company Ripple Glass. Ripple constructed a state-of-the-art processing plant, and placed dedicated glass recycling containers throughout the metro area. They are now on track to provide a closed-loop beer bottle source with local glass bottle manufacturer Verallia.
After recycled glass is processed at Ripple, it’s sold to Verallia which makes an ECO Series beer bottle using an average of 29% recycled glass. Verallia expects to purchase 2,000 tons of recycled glass from Ripple in 2011, with more as glass recycling increases. Many of the bottles are then sold back to Boulevard Brewing. "It's a great way to close the loop, protect the environment, and even save money on the manufacturing of future glass beer bottles," says Jeff Krum, Boulevard CFO. "We are glad to be working alongside Verallia in this effort." More
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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.
