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Suggestions For a Successful Glass Bottle Bill for Washington

Suggestions For a Successful Glass Bottle Bill for Washington. Tom Mabie Western U.S. Counsel Glass Packaging Institute April 8, 2014. Glass Packaging Institute. The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is the trade association representing the North American glass container industry.

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Suggestions For a Successful Glass Bottle Bill for Washington

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  1. Suggestions For a Successful Glass Bottle Bill for Washington Tom Mabie Western U.S. Counsel Glass Packaging Institute April 8, 2014

  2. Glass Packaging Institute The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is the trade association representing the North American glass container industry. 12 member manufacturers 34 associate member supplier companies www.gpi.org

  3. 50 U.S. Glass Container Manufacturing Plants in 23 States • State# Per State • Pennsylvania 6 • California 5 • Indiana 4 • Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, 3 • North Carolina, Oklahoma • Colorado, Missouri, New York, • Virginia, Texas 2 • Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, 1 • Massachusetts , Michigan, Minnesota, • Ohio, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin

  4. Discussion Topics • Who Is GPI? • Characteristics of Glass • Why A Bottle Bill? • Classic Bottle Bill Issues

  5. WHAT IS GLASS? • SAND – 68% • SODA ASH – 12% • LIMESTONE – 10%

  6. WHAT IS GLASS? • CULLET – Recycled Glass used at levels as high as 70% when available

  7. Sand Soda Ash Limestone Cullet Heat to 2800° F (1538 ° C) Glass Containers • Glass is “GRAS” pure and simple: • Glass is the only mass-produced packaging material to be recognized by the Food & Drug Administration as “generally regarded as safe” (GRAS).

  8. Environmental Benefits of Using Recycled Glass • Over a ton of natural resourcessaved for every ton of glass recycled • Energy costs drop about 2-3% for every 10% cullet used in the manufacturing process • Reduces furnace emissions 15% - 20% • Using six tons of recycled container glass equals one ton of carbon dioxide reduced • Glass has an unlimited life; can be recycled again and again

  9. Closed Loop Glass Recycling High-quality cullet = New glass bottles and jars =

  10. Why a Bottle Bill? Because they Work! • Much Higher Recycled Volume • Much Higher Quality Material

  11. Classic Bottle Bill Challenges • Administrative Costs • Infrastructure Costs • Unredeemed Deposits (Escheats) • Fraud

  12. Administrative Costs • Distributors • Recyclers • Processors • State Agency Administration

  13. Infrastructure Costs Who Takes Back the Containers and Pays Redemption to Consumers? • Retailers? (Political Opposition) • Private Recyclers? (Number and Location?) • Quasi-Governmental Agency?

  14. Unredeemed Deposits (Escheats) Who Keeps the Money? • Distributors or State? • Get This Right Because the Politics Are Near Impossible Later

  15. California – A Cautionary Tale California’s Success Story: • Aggregate Container Recycling Rate of 82%+ since 2010 • Convenience – At Least 1 Buy Back Center Within ½ mile of Every Supermarket • Huge Reductions in Litter

  16. California – A Cautionary Tale California’s Dark Side • 28 Years of Nearly Annual Legislative Battles • Enormously Complex Program With Too Many Moving Parts • Structurally Insolvent

  17. Choose Glass Recycle Glass www.gpi.org

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