O-I Glass Presents Its 'Cento per Cento Sicilia' Bottles: Circular Economy Applied to Glass Production in Sicily

• The project provides a sustainable solution to enhance the value of glass, the perfect material to support a low-waste circular economy in an area with a historic wine production that is profitable for the region's GDP itself - as one billion of Sicily's GDP comes from the production of Sicilian wines.
• The industry of wine production is constantly expanding and evolving: in Sicily alone, in 2002, more than 7000 winemakers and 500 bottlers operate each year within a supply chain that produces more than 86.5 million bottles.

MARSALA, ITALY / ACCESSWIRE / November 14, 2023 / O-I Glass, one of the world's leading manufacturers of glass packaging in the food and beverage industry, officially announces the launch of its "Cento per Cento Sicilia" bottles on the market: an initiative that will lead a portion of the production of the glass bottles in Marsala's O-I facilities to follow a low-waste circular economy path, in a historical wine production area, which is profitable for the region GDP's itself (as one billion of Sicily's GDP comes from the production of Sicilian wines).

The project, whose intentions had already been announced by O-I in 2021, was designed with the aim of proposing a strategy to enhance the Sicilian wine market, providing glass containers - specifically bottles - which are the result of a virtuous, sustainable and locally sourced production process. The industry of wine production is constantly expanding and evolving: more than 7.000 winemakers and 500 bottlers^[1] operate each year within a supply chain that in 2022 has produced - exclusively on the Sicilian territory - more than 86.5 million bottles^[2].

"After about two years of experimentation and development, our "Cento per Cento Sicilia" bottles are finally ready, not only at the O-I facility in Marsala, but also for the supply chain of regional wine producers. The project is making a concrete contribution to the implementation of circularity in the wine industry economy," says Massimo Noviello, CEO and President of O-I Italy S.p.A. He continues: "In an area with more than 24 thousand hectares of vineyards, our aim is to reduce the environmental impact to a minimum. A project that we are able to pursue thanks to the help of our partners SARCO and Fondazione SOStain, as well as an ongoing challenge that we are committed to support on a daily basis".