Glass Recycling

Dispelling the myths surrounding glass recycling Strategic Materials' Curt Bucey breaks down the facts and fiction Strategic Materials, based out of Houston, Texas, has close to 50 plants in every region of the U.S., several in Mexico…

Recycled glass market expected to surpass 1.5 billion in revenue by 2027 According to a report by Global Market Insights, the recycled glass market was estimated at USD 1.1 billion in 2020 and is projected to surpass a valuation of USD 1.5…

Glass Recycling Foundation awards nearly $70,000 in grants to support glass recycling industry Glass recycling will continue to improve for residents in select cities and counties in North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. So far…

Growing Demand, Short Supply Drive Recycling The U.S. glass bottle market is running into a supply shortage caused by high demand for alcohol, raw materials being reallocated to produce vaccine vials and supply-chain disruptions arising…

Poland to Introduce Deposit System for Recycling Bottles and Cans Next Year Poland will introduce a nationwide deposit system next year that will allow people to return used glass and plastic bottles and aluminium cans to shops without…

Smirnoff Recycling Program Targets Chicago Glass Bottles A new recycling program spearheaded by Smirnoff will connect over 300 Chicago bars, restaurants, and businesses to recycle used and discarded glass bottles. Smirnoff partnered…

Glass Recycling Foundation Awards Grants to Advance Glass Recycling The Glass Recycling Foundation (GRF), a nonproft based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has awarded about $70,000 in grants to support equipment, education and pilot project…

Coca-Cola Aims to Use 50 Percent Recycled Glass by 2030 O-I Glass and Coca-Cola are expanding an existing relationship to recycle more than 700,000 glass bottles annually. The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United has announced its goal of…

Is Glass Recycling in the U.S. Broken? If you're one of the millions of Americans who dutifully puts your glass bottles out in a bin on the sidewalk in front of your house in an effort to help curb waste and keep it out of the landfills,…