Lynn Bragg President Glass Packaging Institute Glass Recycling
Lynn Bragg, President, Glass Packaging Institute Glass Recycling Coalition
2 WHO WE ARE A unique, collaborative coalition focused solely on making glass recycling work
3 MEMBERSHIP
glass recovery VALUE CHAIN
2017 GLASS RECYCLINGAre you R e ady SURVEY Rec for a Sur ycling vey ? !? !
PUBLIC SECTOR COLLECTION METHODS 49% Single Stream Curbside 9% Dual Stream Curbside 13% Glass separated Curbside 8% Source. Separated Curbside 65% Drop-off
2017 GLASS RECYCLING SURVEY 96% 65% of consumers and residents expect to be able to recycle glass. of the public-sector respondents had concerns with glass recycling
Bottle-to-bottle Fiberglass Most preferred 1 2 Road base Any recovery option (no direct landfill) Sandblast 3 Public Sector 4 ADC Landfill PREFERR ED GLASS END-USES 5 Least preferred
High PUBLIC-SECTOR PRIORITIES Lower Priorities 1. Resident Satisfaction • Recycling Revenues • Avoided Disposal Fees 2. Sustainability Goals • Transportation Costs 3. Reducing • Preventing Illegal Dumping Contamination • Carbon/GHG Savings 4. Viable End-Markets • Processing Fees Top 5 Priorities: Low 5. Less Need for Landfills
PUBLIC-SECTOR GLASS RECYCLING CHALLENGES End Markets 82% Contamination 60% Cost effectiveness 45% Processing 22% Hauler/MRF stopped or raised prices to accept glass 16%
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES Top 5 Factors of Where Glass is Sold: 1. Transportation Cost 2. Highest price paid per ton/lowest cost per ton 3. Highest and best end-use 4. Any option for recycling glass acceptable (no landfill) 5. Most glass yield
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES Where is Glass Sold? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Glass containers Fiberglass Road base aggregate Sandblast medium ADC Any option for glass is acceptable (no landfill)
WHO SHOULD PAY RECYCLING COSTS? [CATEGORY Public sector NAME] responses [PERCENTAGE] [CATEGO NAME] [CATEGOR [PERCEN GE] Y NAME] Public [PERCENTAGE] [CATEGORY Sector NAME] [PERCENTAGE] ] [CATEGORY NAME] [PERCENTA GE]
ACTION PLAN Research best practices and provide tools for decision makers to better recycle glass
GRC RESOURCES Tools • Glass Champions • Speaker’s Bureau • Webinars • Interactive Glass Map • Decision Making Tool • Case Studies Glass Outreach • 40+ Glass Best Practices • Social Media: FB & Twitter 13, 000+ Website Visitors
RESOURCES R s s a Gl g r o. s e l c ecy
RESOURCE MAP z Strengthening glass markets Providing solutionsoriented, publicsector resources
CASE STUDIES Two North Carolina MRFs recently received grant funding from the state’s Recycling Business Assistance Center and the Glass Packaging Institute to bolster single-stream glass recovery.
QUESTIONS? Thursday, June 22, 2 pm ET www. Glass. Recycles. org
2 0 MAKING GLASS RECYCLING WORK info@Glass. Recycles. org www. Glass. Recycles. org @Glass. Recycles
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