March 8, 2022

Hear from a diverse panel of Oklahoma experts regarding how to set up glass recycling programs.

September 28, 2021

The Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority (CCRRA), Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and Mazza Recycling Services, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, both received Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Glass Certifications from the Glass Recycling Coalition. The coalition has awarded a gold certification to CCRRA and a bronze certification to Mazza Recycling.

July 22, 2021

The Glass Recycling Coalition has awarded two material recovery facilities (MRFs) with gold-level MRF glass certifications, including Mid America Recycling in Iowa and Single Stream Recyclers in Florida. The GRC's free certification program has recognized more than 10 MRFs that have additional equipment or operational procedures to clean up glass in both single- and dual-stream systems.

June 1, 2021

The Glass Recycling Coalition (GRC), Ann Arbor, Michigan, has announced FCC Environmental Services has received gold-level certification for two material recovery facilities (MRFs) based in Dallas and Houston. According to GRC, FCC Environmental Services is the first to receive gold designation for MRFs without integrated glass beneficiation in the state of Texas and the eighth and ninth MRFs to receive this certification in the country.

February 25, 2021

Prism Recycling, Erie, Pennsylvania, has developed a drop-off pilot program for glass recycling in Erie County, Pennsylvania, through a public-private partnership among the Erie County Recycling program, the Erie Area Council of Governments, CAP Glass Recycling and the Glass Recycling Foundation.

July 30, 2020

Glass containers comprise more than 20 percent of curbside recycling in single-family households by tonnage, according to The Recycling Partnership’s “2020 State of Curbside Report.” Consumers expect to be able to recycle glass containers; yet, in the past five years, glass has been targeted for removal from recycling programs.

In response, the Glass Recycling Coalition (GRC), Ann Arbor, Michigan, has worked with communities and the industry to keep glass a part of programs.

July 7, 2020

MRFs that are early participants in a glass certification program recently described the benefits of the new initiative.

The Glass Recycling Coalition (GRC) last year launched the MRF glass certification program, which recognizes sorting facilities that invest to improve glass quality. Leaders at Balcones Resources and Sedona Recycles, facility operators that have achieved certification, joined GRC representatives in an online presentation last month.

February 6, 2020

Today, the Glass Recycling Foundation (GRF) announced two major donations totaling $50,000 from the Owens-Illinois (O-I) Charities Foundation and Diageo North America. The contributions will advance GRF through pilot projects which are leveraging best practices to improve glass recycling.