A Guelph factory would happily recycle glass from local blue boxes again — for an annual fee estimated at $84,000. Unwilling to pay, regional government has chosen instead to dump 3,000 tonnes of glass that Ontario compels it to ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Glass
About 40,000 tons of recycled glass are processed through a Rumpke facility in Dayton every year, destined for a second life as insulation or another go-round as a container for your Coke. That’s the equivalent of 180 million 12-ounce ...
Tags: recycled glass, Construction glass
The annual amount of carbon reduction as a result of recycling glass containers in Taiwan is about 1,000 times the carbon dioxide absorption of Taipei's Daan Forest Park, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said yesterday. ...
Tags: Glass Recycling, Glass, Construction
Are beer drinkers more environmentally conscious than wine drinkers? Not to whine about wine, but the recycling rate for wine bottles is 34 percent nationwide versus 41 percent for beer and soda bottles, according to the Glass Packaging ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, Glass Can
Danone AQUA is the dominant leader in mineral waters in Indonesia. They did not, however, have an entry in the premium, HORECA (hotel,restaurant, catering) segment. Could their AQUA brand, while dominant in the RTD segment, be extended ...
A former aerospace designer skillfully turns trash into cash, as well as contemporary works of art. DelMuro Ray (Ray DelMuro) hopes his efforts to save 10 million bottles from reaching the landfill. A former designer of the California ...
Tags: Glasses, Real Works of Art
Glass manufacturer Beatson Clark is bringing a taste of the Caribbean to retail outlets by supplying a new bespoke bottle for the Caribbean Choice range of sauces. Grace Foods UK has decided to move its Caribbean Choice Hot Pepper Sauce ...
Tags: Beatson Clark, Bottling
Rawlings has developed a lightweight glass bottle for mineral water client Belu in a bid to reduce the UK’s carbon footprint. Through new techniques and innovation, Rawlings, in partnership with sustainability focused glass ...
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In a statement published today (1 August), the global packaging giant said the time was right to split its Australasia and Packaging Distribution (AAPD) business from Amcor's other operations. Amcor said the demerger of AAPD into a ...
Australian packaging company Amcor has announced plans to demerge its Australasia and Packaging Distribution (AAPD) business from its other operations to pursue their own growth agendas and strategic priorities. Amcor CEO and managing ...
Mmmm, a frosty cold glass bottle of Coca Cola on a summer’s day. The cool, solid feeling of the glass as you raise it to your lips, the satisfying heft of the bottle in your hand. What could be better? A plastic bottle? I don’t ...
Tags: Glass Bottle, Coke Bottle
Owens-Illinois (O-I) has partnered with Brazilian pasteurised milk producer Cooper to launch the ´Leite Cooper Premium´ in a one-litre glass bottle. The idea for the bottle arose from a consumer survey which indicated that ...
Tags: Milk Bottle, Glass Bottle
A world record was broken last weekend at Elsecar Heritage Centre when an old glass bottle sold for more than £12,000. The sale took place during BBR's annual summer national specialist collectors' weekend and the bottle involved a ...
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As the leading pack type globally in alcoholic drinks, retail sales of glass reached almost 200 billion units in 2012. The beer category largely determines the fortunes of glass packaging within this industry, accounting for a 74% unit ...
Tags: Glass Bottle Markets, Wine
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to block Ardagh Group's planned acquisition of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA's SGO.FR +1.92%U.S. glass-bottle operations, saying the purchase would violate antitrust laws. Ardagh, a glass and ...
Tags: Glass-Bottle, Construction