Fiberglass insulation manufacturer Owens Corning increased its use of recycled materials in 2021. | Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
A bottle maker received money to help the company use more recycled glass, and a fiberglass insulation manufacturer increased its use of cullet last year. The following are recent headlines related to recovered glass end users.
The online auction for equipment in Jersey City, N.J. includes a number of Sesotec K9 Basic Separator Units, which sort glass by color and remove contaminants. | Courtesy of A.J. Willner Auctions
An auction is being held for glass recycling equipment that belonged to Pace Glass, a once-promising venture that closed recently.
Glass Half Full founders Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, with the team Mascot, Miss Tchoupitoulas. | Courtesy of Glass Half Full
New Jersey is the latest state to look anew at recycled-content mandates as a way to force demand pull for recycled materials. | Real Window Creative/Shutterstock
New Jersey’s legislature will send the governor a bill requiring post-consumer content in plastic containers and bags as well as glass bottles and paper bags.
A 2021 satellite image provided by Google shows the partially constructed glass recycling facility in Andover, N.J.
A company working to build a post-consumer glass sorting facility in New Jersey has failed, and its equipment is being auctioned. Meanwhile, environmental regulators are suing the business over contaminated glass piles.
Cullet sits ready to be recycled at Owens-Illinois’ glass bottle factory in Portland, Ore. | Photo by Jared Paben
Owens-Illinois will install emissions control equipment or shut down its Portland, Ore. recycled glass bottle plant, under a settlement reached with state environmental officials.
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New Jersey Department of Transportation workers spread recycled glass aggregate produced by Aero Aggregates over soft soil on a highway embankment. | Photo courtesy Aero Aggregates
Manufacturer Aero Aggregates has its sights set on California to help ease customer freight concerns. Continue Reading
O-I has begun collection programs in communities it operates. | smoothsails / Shutterstock
O-I, a major user of recycled glass, recently launched an initiative that will support recycling options where curbside service is unavailable. The program also boosts the impact of recycling collection through matching charitable donations.
