Author page: Olivier Deweerdt

Our member Sibelco entered North American glass recycling industry. They acquired Strategic Materials, Inc. (SMI), a leading glass recycler and producer of glass cullet in North America. SMI operates a multinational network across the United States, Canada and Mexico, where the group processes a mixture of glass input materials to produce glass cullet that is…

ROMANIA JOINS CLOSE THE GLASS LOOP Brussels & Bucharest, 21 March 2024 Romania becomes the 13th country to join Close the Glass Loop, joining ranks with other national platforms in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The national platform will be coordinated by the Circular…

Position Paper of Glass for Europe In June 2022, Glass For Europe released its position paper on the revision of the European End-of-Life Vehicle Directive via an article (link is external)on its website. FERVER supports the position of Glass For Europe regarding the importance of a dismantling step before the shredding of a End-of-life vehicle.…

The European ambition to connect the glass packaging ecosystem Close the Glass Loop is a European industry platform to unite the glass collection and recycling value chain. It aims to improve recycling so that Europe recycles more and better. The initiative gathers twelve European federations representing glass manufacturers, processors, brands, Packaging Recovery Organisations and municipalities.…