The Glass Packaging Forum reports that glass recovery is up from 53% to 62% this year, representing a spectacular increase of an additional 28,955/t recovered glass & exceeds a full year ahead of schedule the 55% recycling rate which industry agreed as part of its 5y voluntary commitment under the Packaging Accord. New Zealand's glass recovery rate puts it ahead of Europe, which is striving for a 60% recycling target by the end of 2008 & Australia, which aims for 60% by 2010. John Webber, GM of the Glass Packaging Forum said the huge increase reflects a major hike in the utilization of surplus waste glass as aggregates for a variety of uses. "This has in part been stimulated by the Forum's introduction of a mobile glass crusher which has often acted as a catalyst for major contracting companies which are providing similar localised glass crushing services."
