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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Subscribe To SmartBriefDon't Trash Glass
Working with bars and restaurants, this glass bottle collection program is diverting glass away from landfills & turning metric tons of glass 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 excited to bring back the Clear Choice Awards (CCA) program. The call for entries to be submitted in 2022, the International Year of Glass, is now closed. GPI looks forward to announcing the contest winners in the Spring of 2023.
Learn More 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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