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Originally published in The Allegheny Front. New drop off locations have opened in recent weeks to collect glass recyclables, as many Allegheny...

The Glass Packaging Institute has set a national goal to reach glass recycling rates above 50%. GPI President Scott DeFife talked to Waste360 about...

Originally published in Glass International By Scott DeFife While 2021 was an active year for recycling policy in the United States, 2022 promises...

Originally published in San Francisco Chronicle by Roland Li California winemakers are grappling with a glass crisis that has sent the price of...

On November 15 - America Recycles Day - the glass container industry has many milestones to celebrate.

GPI President, Scott DeFife, explains how US glass container producers are operating at full capacity but businesses relying on the 20% to 30% of...

The first-place winner of the 2021 Glass Packaging Design Competition at Michigan State University (MSU) School of Packaging is the student team of...

A rural Pennsylvania glass bottle manufacturer and an elite New York City beverage company are two ends of a supply chain story that worked...

GPI President Scott DeFife's article in the July/August issue of Glass Worldwide.

A primary raw material in the glass container manufacturing process, silica sand is an important and longstanding part of the overall batch mix,...

Energy and climate legislation indicates a clearer path for glass recovery in America.

The glass container industry has set a bold target of increasing the US recycling rate to 50%.