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Salem the only locality in the Roanoke Valley still accepting recyclable brown and green glass at its drop-off center -- is no longer recycling the material and hasn't been since the end of last year.
In honor of Earth Day, O-I, the world's largest manufacturer of glass packaging, details the impact glass recycling has on the Earth.
The first edition of this fair dedicated to the Middle East Glass Industry has been a success. Exhibitors and visitors met at the prestigious Sharjah Expo Centre in United Arab EMirates, see picture.
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A £1.5 million investment will see a new crushing and sorting system added to Viridor's glass recycling site at Bonnyrigg, near Edinburgh.
High-tech plant churns out 600 beer bottles a minuteThe sprawling tan building that rises from the snowy plains houses technology its owners prefer to keep under wraps.
The annual amount of glass recycled to make new bottles and jars has increased to a record 756,000 tonnes according to estimates from British Glass.
building products company with the potential to manufacture construction products such as pavers and brick cladding with high recycled glass content is being offered development support by the Waste & Resources Action Programme.
Bigwigs from Korean electronics giant Samsung have given their approval to a recycling plant on Merseyside, which will recycle old televisions and computer monitors.
The sprawling tan building that rises from the snowy plains houses technology its owners prefer to keep under wraps. "There are certain things you can't take pictures of," plant manager Dwayne Wendler advises minutes before leading a…
During the 1920s and ’30s, the use of glass block was more or less limited to the side of the front door and in bathrooms.
One of the largest Unitary Authorities in the UK – Kirklees – is launching a new district-wide Recycling Plan, which should see kerbside glass collections increasing recycling rates from 21% to 28%.
In the 1920s and '30s, glass blocks were mostly used beside front doors and in bathrooms. Today we use them in many other places, too.
Recycling firm Recresco has confirmed that its state-of-the-art glass processing plant in Cheshire, capable of sorting 125,000 tonnes of glass a year, is now fully operational.
Beer producer Adnams is aiming to reduce its impact on glass packaging waste by over 500 tonnes a year, with the launch of a new lightweight beer bottle.
Somerset County Council is backing a new television advertising campaign which encourages people to recycle more glass bottles and jars.
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The container industry recycled record levels of glass in 2006, according to new industry figures – but worryingly the nation's growth in glass recycling has slowed.
Glass recycling is saving the country NT$525 million (US$16 million) in garbage disposal costs and creating NT$180 million worth of business opportunities per year, Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) officials said Tuesday.
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company and the world’s leading beverage can maker, notifies the market that Rexam PLC’s capital consists of 583,354,712 ordinary shares of 64 2/7 pence each, each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote at…
The expansion, which the company expects to be operational in August 2008, will increase production capacity to serve markets globally.
The Glass Recycling Company is South Africa's new national organisation responsible for facilitating the recovery of waste glass for recycling, endorsed by the Ministry for Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48704) has announced the addition of “Glass Container Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade (1996-2008)” to their offering.
UK glassmakers have to accept that the supply of colour-separated collections will dwindle and find new ways of using more mixed glass, according to WRAP.