Rumpke Recycling will reportedly invest US$ 2.5M in new machinery at its Dayton plant to more effectively & economically process glass collected through its residential & commercial recycling programmes. According to the company, it will partner with leading glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois, & the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Rumpke opened the glass recycling facility, which processes & markets about 15,000 tons of glass each year, in 2002 to process broken, mixed colour glass separated at its recycling facility in St. Bernard. Much of the material was previously sent to fiberglass manufacturing firm Johns-Manville, who will still use 50% of material collected by Rumpke. The remaining 50% will be sold to companies in the glass container industry.
