Optimizing Glass Bottle, a Shanghai-based supplier of bottles for spirits, wines, beverages, cosmetics, perfumes, essential-oils and food-grade glass containers to EU and US buyers, has published a referenced sustainability data hub for packaging procurement teams.
The free-to-cite page consolidates the figures EU and US buyers most often ask suppliers for: the EU’s 80% glass packaging recycling rate, Germany 85.3%, the UK 67%, Japan 71%, Korea 86%, alongside the US’ 31-34% container-glass rate.
It carries the PPWR recyclability-grade schedule (2030 to 2038) and a state-by-state map of US Extended Producer Responsibility programmes already live or legislated in California (SB 54), Oregon, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Washington and Minnesota (2032). All numbers are footnoted to FEVE, Eurostat, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI).
The hub also gives buyers a short brief on what PPWR changes from 12 August 2026 mean on the production line: decoration and heavy-metal constraints, mono-material closure coordination, and the documentation behind a Declaration of Conformity.
Why now: PPWR took effect on 12 August 2026 and US state EPR programmes are beginning to come online. Buyers are re-briefing—not just “is your glass recyclable” but how decoration, closures and light-weighting interact with the recyclability grade. The data hub gives packaging teams a single reference that maps supplier-side questions to the underlying regulation and recycling-rate figures, and it is freely citable without registration.
Optimizing Glass Bottle has shipped to EU and US buyers for over a decade, working with audited partner glassworks across China’s main producing regions and operating ISO-aligned quality systems. Programs cover private-mould development, modified-stock and stock items, plus decoration, closures and export logistics. Minimum order quantity starts from 1,000 pieces for stock items. A short capability PDF is available on request.