Recycled glass could get a market boost in certain areas of the south with the aniticipated development of two new facilities.
Arglass Yamamura announced it is planning to build a $123 million bottle plant in Valdosta, Ga., that could potentially produce 100,000 metric tons of product per year, or about 265 million bottles. And North Charleston, S.C.-based Fisher Recycling’s GlassEco, which recycles glass from various sources into countertops, plans to move its manufacturing operation to a vacant 85,000-square-foot space in Beaufort, in the southern part of the state 40 miles from Savannah, Ga.
