Manufacturers using recycled glass for making new containers, fiberglass, color-coated aggregate, concrete applications, and blasting medium, as well as collectors and processors of recycled glass, will all take part in the discussions at the Northeast Recycling Council’s Forum—Glass Recycling – Exploring Possible Solutions—on November 9 – 10 in Providence, Rhode Island.
The Forum is an opportunity for communities, states, haulers, processors, manufacturers, and recycling trade associations to take a look at ways to bolster glass recycling and recycled glass markets throughout the Region. The event agenda focuses on exploring solutions for providing quality feedstock to end-markets, and growing recycled glass markets. Topics include collection methods that garner the highest quality material, processing systems that result in meeting manufacturers’ material specifications, and identifying strategies for effective communication among the glass recycling stakeholders.
An added bonus to the event is two facility tours being offered by Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) and Strategic Materials. The first stop will be at the RIRRC Material Recovery Facility (MRF) and then to Strategic Materials’ new satellite recycled glass processing facility at the RIRRC compound. Strategic takes all of the recycled glass from RIRRC’s MRF and uses it to make cullet for manufacturers at its Franklin, Massachusetts facility. The Glass Forum will be held at the Biltmore Providence and a reduced block rate is available for sleeping rooms until October 9th. For reservations, call the Biltmore at 401-421-0700 and mention NERC.
For more information, visit https://nerc.org/conferences-and-workshops/event-agenda.