Author page: Olivier Deweerdt

Jean Hardy* spoke to Ruud Dorscheidt** and Ibn Delaet*** at Sibelco on the company’s glass recycling projects, as well as its strategies for fostering greater collaboration across the industry. In 1872, workers digging Belgium’s Antwerp to Liège Canal uncovered a vast deposit of high-quality silica sand. This led to the formation of Sablières et Carrières Réunies (Combined…

The latest data released today by Close the Glass Loop shows that the EU average collection for recycling rate of glass packaging continued to progress, reaching 80,8% in 2023. Collection volumes remained exceptionally high with more than 12 million tonnes of glass packaging collected for recycling. The collection rate may even be higher, but tracking…

Leadership Update from FERVER – The European Association of Glass Recyclers We are pleased to share several important leadership updates following the FERVER General Assembly held on 12 June 2025 in Germany: - Mr. Ulrich Ix (REMONDIS Recycling) has been re-elected as President of FERVER for a new two-year term. We are proud to continue…

Last Friday, our member GRL opened its new glass recycling plant in Beringen. This new plant is a state of the art glass recycling plant, and one of the most sustainable glass recycling plants in Europe! The plant was opened in presence of our Flemish Minister of Environment Mr. Jo Brouns. Congratulations to Christoph…