Glass Basics
Eighty percent of recovered glass is made into new glass products. Watch the Glass Packaging Institute's video, The Lifecycle of Glass.
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Learn how our Don't Trash Glass program works with partners, restaurants, and bars to divert glass from landfills to be recycled into new bottles, fiberglass, and more.
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Glass Moments
From generation to generation, glass has always been by our side. Glass helps us make the most of life -- in moments big and small. From shared moments with all the family around one table to celebrations of life’s biggest milestones, glass is there for all the moments that matter.
IYOG Toolkit
This year, with the International Year of Glass (IYOG) putting glass in the spotlight like never before, it's time to retell the story of this fascinating material and to share the many reasons why glass is the preferred packaging material -- now, and for generations to come.
Check Out the IYOG ToolkitClear Choice Awards
Glass Packaging Institute is delighted to announce the Call for Entries is now open for the 2022 Clear Choice Awards! We are especially excited to bring back the program, as our glass partners around the world celebrate 2022 as the International Year of Glass.
Register and Enter HereThe Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) was founded in 1919 as the Glass Container Association of America, trade association representing the North American glass container industry.
On behalf of glass container manufacturers, GPI promotes glass as the optimal packaging choice, advances environmental and recycling policies, advocates industry standards, and educates packaging professionals.Help ensure the future of glass!
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Learn about A Circular Future for Glass, GPI's 10-year plan to raise the U.S. glass recycling rate to 50 percent and boost the average use of recycled content in domestically made glass containers. |
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