In wishing all our customers, suppliers, contacts and friends throughout the industry a very happy, peaceful and successful 2010, it seems appropriate that we should set a few markers down for the new year.
Whilst world leaders, NGOs, special interest groups and many others flock to Copenhagen to address world environmental issues, here are a few “wishes” that we have rather closer to home:
- We can take some comfort from the fact that post consumer waste glass volumes have risen over the past 12 months, but we need more of this volume to go where it makes a real carbon reduction impact – to the glass container industry.
- We will all be driven more by the low carbon agenda, and should therefore adapt our practices to maximise carbon saving. This must become a given.
- Quality will be drilled down to all levels of the recycling chain, from collection to re-processing. There will be a stronger recognition of inter-dependence, and a realisation that not even the best technology can replace sound collection procedures.
Towards the end of the year we welcomed various reports and campaigns that emphasised the quality issue, and particularly the need for everyone to work together for a common purpose. To that end we shall be shortly announcing our own “Glass Summit” and an invitation to people whose actions and efforts will make a difference to gather around one table to agree a way forward.
Once again, wishing you all a successful 2010.
Mick Keogh
General Manager, Berryman Glass