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1 www.o-i.com Owens-Illinois, Inc. Beverage Recycling Interim Study 11-008 Michael J. Smaha Manager, U.S. Government Affairs Oklahoma City, OK 10/25/11 Owens-Illinois, Inc.

2 Owens-Illinois Muskogee Plant  255 employees  Originally constructed in 1935 by the DeCamp Glass Casket Company. Brockway Glass Company purchased and began making containers in 1945-46.  Primarily makes food containers. Approximately 2.3 million containers per day are produced, less than 839,500,000 bottles each year.  Use approximately 56,000 tons of recycled glass coming from California, Missouri, Illinois and Iowa at a high cost to O-I.  Average O-I Plant Energy Use 2010: Natural Gas = 6,130 average single family houses. Electricity = 4,580 average single family houses. 10/19/2015 Presentation Title | SubsectionOwens-Illinois, Inc. 2

3 10/19/2015 Presentation Title | SubsectionOwens-Illinois, Inc. 3 Recycling Means U.S. and Oklahoma Jobs  Robust market for post-consumer glass in the U.S. and Oklahoma.  Glass, aluminum, and plastic companies ALL rely on recycled beverage containers as ingredients in new products.  All industries are energy intensive and compete against foreign produced containers who face fewer regulatory pressures and costs.  U.S. glass manufacturing faces direct competition from Mexican glass companies right on the border, producing cheaper products in a less regulated environment. U.S. workers are losing to foreign competition.

4 Solving Oklahoma’s Challenge  Consider classifying beverage containers as beneficial for manufacturing and not as solid waste.  Keeping beverage containers out of landfills or roadbed.  Set goals on recycling rates agreed upon by the administration, legislature and industry.  Bar and Restaurant beverage container recycling.  Public venue recycling (hotels, sport stadiums, schools, casinos etc.)  Rural collection site partnerships.  Multi-family dwelling units / apartment buildings.  Partnerships throughout the recycling supply chain which are economically viable and beneficial to Oklahoma manufacturing. 10/19/2015 Presentation Title | SubsectionOwens-Illinois, Inc. 4


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