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By Randy Burns Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative & Sustainability Officer, O-I Glass NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / January 23, 2025 / In 2024, O-I demonstrated more progress towards our commitment to decarbonize the glass-making industry. We're moving the needle by advancing emissions reduction through scalable glass furnace technology, investing in renewable energy, and increasing cullet - the industry term for recycled glass - in our plants. These results flow from a consistent...

Transformative mobile equipment brings glass recycling solutions to untapped markets Movable on a truck bed, the modular system enables full-service, closed-loop recycling programs A single system can process up to 6,000 MT in a year PERRYSBURG, OH / ACCESSWIRE / June 6, 2024 / O-I Glass, Inc. ("O-I Glass" or "O-I") has completed the development and testing of a transformative, low-cost mobile glass processing machine that is easily transported and deployed to clean and crush recycled glass to...

O-I completes full allocation of $690 Million due 2031, issued by Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. O-I completes full allocation of €600 Million due in 2028, issued by O-I European Group B.V. Allocations mark another significant step forward in company climate-change strategy PERRYSBURG, OH / ACCESSWIRE / May 16, 2024 / O-I Glass, Inc. ("O-I Glass", "O-I" or the "Company") announced that the Company has completed full allocation of the proceeds from its second round of Green Bond offerings...

Approximately 75 Percent CO2 Reduction for O-I Transport in Ireland NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 11, 2024 / O-I Glass, Inc. In another stride toward innovating a path to a more sustainable future, O-I Glass is set to significantly reduce its CO 2 emissions in the UK, particularly in Ireland, by implementing a new decarbonization initiative targeting transportation emissions. Commencing from April 1, 2024, transport-related CO 2 emissions for spirits bottles produced in Alloa, Scotland,...

PERRYSBURG, OH / ACCESSWIRE / March 25, 2024 / O-I Glass, Inc. ("O-I Glass" or "O-I") was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations to begin award negotiations for up to $125 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act funding as part of the Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP). The O-I decarbonization project was selected as one of 33 projects across more than 20 states to receive up to a total of $6 billion to demonstrate...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / February 22, 2024 / Recycled glass is valuable for glass manufacturers. It is one of the four main ingredients in creating new glass bottles and jars. O-I Glass aspires to make glass recycling available in 100% of the communities where we operate. We are getting creative to build glass recycling programs to support our communities, and Glass4Good has been one of our most successful programs. "Glass is a very unique material," said Bob Hippert, Sustainability...

Major advances in sustainability, flexibility, and productivity €55 million for the plant in Gironcourt-sur-Vraine; €40 million for Reims PERRYSBURG, OH and VAULX-EN-VELIN, FRANCE / ACCESSWIRE / February 21, 2024 / O-I Glass, Inc. O-I Glass, Inc (NYSE:OI) announced today the company is investing €95 million into two of its French glass packaging production facilities. As a continuation of its modernization investment program, these significant investments aim to upgrade the sustainability,...

O-I expands use of carbon-lowering heat recovery system at its French operations with a new system installed at the Veauche Plant, expanding the use of existing heat recovery at other O-I plants in France Repurposed heat in Veauche will provide up to 94 percent of plant's heating needs Heat recovery in Veauche is another advancement in O-I's sustainability and decarbonization strategy PERRYSBURG, OH and VAULX-EN-VELIN, FRANCE / ACCESSWIRE / February 16, 2024 / O-I Glass, Inc. ("O-I Glass" or...

Estampe, by O-I, weighs about 390g, well below the average of typical wine bottles in the French market The Estampe bottle has a reduced carbon footprint - about 25% less carbon emissions compared to conventional 500g wine bottles Carbon footprint and reduction plan validated by Carbon Trust PERRYSBURG, OH / ACCESSWIRE / February 14, 2024 / O-I Glass, Inc. ("O-I Glass" or "O-I") has announced the launch of a lightweight glass wine bottle with reduced carbon impact in the French market, the...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 7, 2023 / O-I Glass, Inc. O-I's Reims, France, plant is delivering champagne bottles to nearby customers with trucks powered by grapeseed and fryer oil. The grapeseed oil is harvested in the Marne and Aubre regions of France and the fryer oil comes from the Paris region. Leveraging biofuels in the transportation of our bottles results in a 60% CO2 emissions savings compared to diesel fuel and 80% less fine particle emissions. "To be effective, our...

By Allen Mireles NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / November 30, 2023 / O-I's team in Brazil recently announced two exciting new partnerships that increase post-consumer glass recycling, reduce consumer waste, and conserve resources in Brazil. The partnerships - with the Recicleiros Institute, a civil society organization, and Orizon, one of the country's largest private landfill companies - support O-I's ambitious goal of increasing cullet, or recycled glass, in our glass containers. The...

The project provides a sustainable solution to enhance the value of glass, the perfect material to support a low-waste circular economy in an area with a historic wine production that is profitable for the region's GDP itself - as one billion of Sicily's GDP comes from the production of Sicilian wines. The industry of wine production is constantly expanding and evolving: in Sicily alone, in 2002, more than 7000 winemakers and 500 bottlers operate each year within a supply chain that produces...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 20, 2023 / O-I Glass, Inc.: O-I Glass is committed to reducing the natural resources used and the waste generated in producing sustainable glass packaging. Glass is made from four basic ingredients: sand, limestone, soda ash, and recycled glass or "cullet." In 2021, O-I formalized its Waste Sustainability Roadmap to help prevent avoidable waste, increase recycling, and enhance systems to accurately report and identify waste streams. The foundation of the...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 14, 2023 / O-I Glass is in continuous pursuit of its vision to be the most innovative, sustainable, and chosen supplier of brand-building packaging solutions. While glass packaging is arguably one of the most sustainable packaging materials for food and beverages, the journey to sustainability for O-I is grounded in resilience, innovation, and the drive to transform the glass packaging industry. To realize its vision, O-I Glass has set ambitious yet attainable...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 27, 2023 / O-I Glass is transforming glass manufacturing by working to increase our recycled content to an average of 50 percent across its global footprint. At O-I, glass is never trash and it is 100 percent recyclable, infinitely, making it an ideal package for the circular economy. In fact, about 80 percent of recycled glass containers are made into new glass packaging-in as little as 30 days. Glass packaging is made from four simple ingredients: limestone,...

O-I Glass releases 2023 Sustainability Report documenting Company's transformative path Report shares current benefits of climate-change strategy and roadmap for low-carbon future With more than 100,000 tons of glass recycled through more than 50 customer closed-loop programs, recycling is among key drivers in 2023 Report PERRYSBURG, OH / ACCESSWIRE / June 16, 2023 / O-I Glass, Inc. ("O-I Glass" or "O-I") announced today that it has published its 2023 Sustainability Report. The content...

The 50th anniversary of World Environment Day will be recognized on 5 June 2023. For 2023, World Environment Day is focused on Solutions to Plastic Pollution. Glass, with its many environmental advantages, offers a sustainable alternative to creating plastic waste. PERRYSBURG, OH / ACCESSWIRE / June 2, 2023 / On Monday, June 5, 2023, O-I Glass, Inc. ("O-I Glass" or "O-I") will join millions of people and organizations from around the globe in recognizing World Environment Day. Established by the...

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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 13, 2022 / O-I Glass, Inc.: Newsweek has named O-I Glass to its "America's Most Responsible Companies 2023" list. The list spotlights 500 leaders in sustainability among the U.S.'s largest public corporations across a dozen industries. O-I Glass is among the world's leading, sustainable producers of glass bottles and jars for food and beverage companies. Our vision is to be the most innovative, sustainable, chosen supplier of glass packaging solutions....

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