The following resources can provide additional information on glass and cullet including market analysis, trends, and recycling issues.
- The Container Recycling Institute (CRI) is a non-profit organization with a mission is to make North America a global model for the collection and quality recycling of packaging materials.
- CalRecycle’s Waste Characterization Study includes a query-driven database to estimate the amount of glass (or any other material) disposed by the commercial, residential or self-haul sectors, or statewide.
- California consumers may find the nearest beverage container recycling center on CalRecycle’s website, or by calling 1-800-RECYCLE.
- Earth911’s recycling search function also provides options for recycling glass in California.
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website is a good resource on glass recycling.
- The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is a trade association representing the North American glass container industry.
- The Global Recycling Network (GRN) is an electronic information exchange that specializes in the trade of recyclables reclaimed in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) streams.
- Got Glass provides insights to the challenges of recycling glass.
- The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is an international trade association of processors, brokers, and consumers of metallic and nonmetallic scrap commodities. ISRI publishes specifications and practices for container glass cullet purchased and sold in the United States and Canada.
- Resource Recycling has information on glass recycling issues, glass production, shipment, and export data.