The Glass Packaging Institute’s Recycle Glass Week kicks off Sept. 21 with 51 events to promote recycling awareness at glass container manufacturing plants and towns across the country.
GPI President Joseph Cattaneo said in a media release his group is encouraging consumers to recycle their glass bottles and jars to help reduce the amount of recyclable materials entering landfills.
Owens-Illinois is holding events at each of its 21 plants across the country. Partnering with the city of Muskogee, O-I will hold a live event at the local recycling center to encourage glass recycling.
Consumers can visit www.gpi.org for updates and events in their area. Activities will be added daily as Recycle Glass Week approaches.
GPI members hope to help the glass container industry reach a nationwide goal of 50 percent recycled content in the manufacture of new glass bottles and jars by 2013.
