<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_kz2wzvmo2" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div><br></div><div>This article is for those of you interested in increasing glass recycling in Oklahoma.</div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kz2wziso1" alt="image.png" width="154" height="49"><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kz2wxvp00" alt="image.png" width="919" height="810" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.188rem;line-height:1.7;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(10,10,10)">O<span style="font-size:1.188rem">ver the past year, glass recycling advocates saw a glimmer of hope as fewer communities eliminated glass from their recycling programs than had done so recently. Now work is underway in some areas to not just stop the cuts but to reintroduce the material into programs. </span><span style="font-size:1.188rem;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Many of those efforts originated at the local level with creative solutions to promote glass recycling while boosting its value through source separation.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.188rem;line-height:1.7;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(10,10,10)"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">“We’ve seen a dramatic change in communities dropping glass,” said Scott DeFife, president of the Glass Packaging Institute. “We're getting glass back in many different areas, and we are doing even better at initiating new ways of collecting it.”</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.188rem;line-height:1.7;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(10,10,10)"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Tap <a href="https://www.wastedive.com/news/glass-recycling-revival-local-grassroots-ripple-oi-gpi/617004/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202022-01-31%20Waste%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:39458%5D&utm_term=Waste%20Dive">here</a> to see the rest of the article.</span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div>