Roadmap guides USA towards 50% recycling goal

Roadmap guides USA towards 50% recycling goal

Consumers know and trust glass. Glass continues to be a core packaging material for food and beverage products for a variety of health, safety and sustainability reasons. In North American markets, consumer and shopper surveys show strong support and have a clear expectation that glass will continue to be recycled. Glass is well positioned to make a market comeback, as consumer goods companies convert to circular economic models for packaging. As the Glass Packaging Institute explains, however, there is a need to significantly improve current recycling performance. The full version of this article appears in the March/April issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

EXCLUSIVE ENCIRC / VIDRALA INTERVIEW

EXCLUSIVE ENCIRC / VIDRALA INTERVIEW

Winner of the ‘Rising Star’ award at the British Glass 2020 Glass Focus Awards, Erin Miller joined Encirc straight from university and is now Vidrala’s Batch and Furnace Manager at the groups’ Elton, Derrylin and Italian plants. She speaks exclusively to Glass Worldwide about her experience of the glass industry and why she is keen to recruit others into the sector. The full version of this article appears in the March/April issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

EXCLUSIVE VIDRALA INTERVIEW

EXCLUSIVE VIDRALA INTERVIEW

When it bought UK-based Encirc in January 2015, leading Spanish glass packaging producer Vidrala acquired a business with a record of conscious sustainability. Now with a strong collective strategy across the entire group throughout Europe, Vidrala is focused on reducing environmental impact and determining the fuel of the future. Fiacre O’Donnell, Director of Sustainability (pictured) spoke exclusively to Glass Worldwide about how the firm plans to achieve its targets. The full version of this article appears in the January/February issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

What will it take to decarbonise the glass container industry?

What will it take to decarbonise the glass container industry?

By 2050, the glass container industry aims to achieve a major revolution, starting now, in the way it produces glass that is fit for a circular and climate-neutral economy. Public and private funding will be needed, as explained in the following contribution that will appear exclusively in the forthcoming March/April issue of Glass Worldwide, preferred journal of FEVE.

EXCLUSIVE O-I INTERVIEW

EXCLUSIVE O-I INTERVIEW

The world’s leading glass container manufacturer, O-I Glass has a huge task implementing a cohesive sustainability agenda across 72 plants in 20 countries, with joint ventures in China, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, the USA and Vietnam. Randolph (Randy) Burns, O-I’s Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer spoke exclusively to Glass Worldwide about this challenge and how the company intends to become the most sustainable producer of the most sustainable rigid package. The full version of this article appears in the January/February issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

EXCLUSIVE ARGLASS INTERVIEW

EXCLUSIVE ARGLASS INTERVIEW

The USA’s first greenfield glass packaging plant in over a generation, Arglass Yamamura started operations in December 2020 in southern Georgia, with the ambitious goal of revolutionising the North American glass container industry. José Arozamena, Chairman and CEO, exclusively updated Glass Worldwide on proceedings, including employing state-of-the-art technology to deliver customer requirements for flexibility, efficiency and customisation. The full version of this article appears in the January/February issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

Refining the ride for float glass transportation

Refining the ride for float glass transportation

The latest conveyor technology from Grenzebach aims to increase the productivity of float glass plants. Peter Seidl explains how the company’s specially developed drive train and collaboration app will keep glass moving smoothly and efficiently. The full version of this article appears in the January/February issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

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