Knauf collected more than 15,000 pounds of glass from nine of the most well-known downtown Nashville establishments, such as Honky Tonk Central and Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, and across the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix race campus.
Instead of winding up in a landfill, these bottles will be recycled into a raw material used in the manufacturing of Knauf’s insulation.
This partnership will lay the foundation for larger initiatives with the city of Nashville, and they plan to enroll more U.S. cities in the future.
Partnership will include major glass recycling initiative for Aug. 5-7 NTT INDYCAR SERIES race weekend as well as Nashville entertainment districts beginning July 1
Knauf is the Official Glass Recycling Partner of the Music City Grand Prix festival in Nashville and is launching a major glass recycling initiative. Glass will be collected across the Nashville entertainment districts starting July 1 and culminating at the Nissan Stadium campus race weekend Aug. 5-7. The goal is to collect 150,000 glass bottles.
The Gypsum Association (GA) announces its support for research exploring the viability of using construction and demolition (C&D) waste gypsum in concrete.
The Armstrong Ceilings Recycling Program, the first and longest-running program of its kind in the commercial ceilings industry, marks 20 years of diverting used ceiling panels away from landfills.
Recently, the green building sector has outpaced overall construction growth in the U.S., generating $167.4 billion in GDP—and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.