ATLANTA, April 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the perfect way to
celebrate Earth Day, Ripple Glass, a company of Strategic
Materials, Inc., North America's
largest glass recycler, has announced some big recycling
numbers in partnership with Owens Corning! And, they will mark
Earth Day with some special events and giveaways. Since the
partnership launched in November
2023, the Owens Corning and Ripple Glass bin has collected a
staggering 50 tons of glass. That means, 100,000 lbs of glass has
been diverted from the landfill, which is enough glass to insulate
approximately 105 single family homes with fiberglass batt
insulation!
Giving glass a second life, Ripple Glass and sponsor Owens
Corning will host Earth Day events, swag giveaways and a social
media campaign to support the collection program, with bins in
their bold purple color.
"We are proud to honor Earth Day with our successful recycling
effort in partnership with Ripple Glass," said Eric Miller, Marketing Leader, Owens Corning –
Home Center. "What makes the program even more meaningful is that
we have a bin near our Fairburn,
GA, factory. Our workers can recycle their glass in the new
bin and could end up making insulation from it at the plant."
On Sunday, April 21st
from 12:30-4:30 pm, Ripple Glass and
Owens Corning will highlight the bin at the Earth Day Market in the
Park at the Line Creek Brewing Bus Barn in Fayetteville, Georgia. The event will be
highlighted by recycling and insulation energy education and
giveaways.
The use of recycled glass in the production of new fiberglass
insulation offsets the need for virgin, mined material such as
sand. Recycled glass also melts at a lower temperature resulting in
more responsible manufacturing by lowering energy usage and
reducing CO2 emissions.
Owens Corning was the inventor of fiberglass in 1938 and uses
recycled glass and other natural ingredients in its PINK Next Gen™
Fiberglas™ insulation batts and rolls. They also feature a variety
of insulation products for every application, from attic to
basement, and a full line of roofing products at home centers
nationwide.
From a sustainability standpoint, PINK Next Gen™ Fiberglas™
insulation uses more than 1 billion pounds of glass recycled each
year1 with the highest recycled content in the
industry2.
Owens Corning's PINK Next Gen™ Fiberglas™ insulation features a
material that is soft as cotton and installs quickly, easily and
with great wall cavity coverage. Learn more at PINKNextGen.com or
look for Owens Corning insulation at www.thehomedepot.com
1Company-wide total; Owens Corning Sustainability
Report, 2022
2Total recycled content for unfaced fiberglass
insulation products in North
America based on current third-party certified recycled
content certifications for Owens Corning, Knauf, CertainTeed, and
Johns Manville. Validated by Owens Corning Sustainability,
September 2023.
About Ripple Glass
Ripple Glass is a glass-recycling service that operates in
multiple cities across the U.S. Our goal is clear: reduce the
amount of glass in landfills to protect the environment, create
energy-saving products and improve the economy. By partnering with
local businesses and communities, we have saved more than one
billion bottles of glass from landfills since 2009 in our
conveniently located purple bins. Find out more
at rippleglass.com and join our community today.
Ripple Glass Contact:
Laura
Hennemann
lhennemann@smi.com
281-638-6469
Owens Corning Contact:
Maureen
Murray
Precise2@optonline.net
973-713-7367
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