Owens Corning announces a significant advancement in the use of recycled content end-of-life solutions and the company’s collaboration with the recycling industry. With an additional 10 percent recycled content, Owens Corning residential and commercial insulation products in Canada are now made of at least 70 percent recycled glass content – the highest recycled content for fiberglass insulation in Canada.

“We are pleased to report that Owens Corning PINK Fiberglas® insulation products have reached still another environmental milestone,” says David Flood, insulation expert at Owens Corning. “Achieving the 70 percent of recycled content mark – the highest industry standard in Canada – is reflective of the way we do business. Simply put, sustainability is a core business strategy, and it means that we never stop our quest for more resource-efficient products and operations.”

The company continuously increases its resource efficiency through using recycled materials and reducing energy and material use throughout operations. “The communities we serve, including homeowners and our business partners, benefit from additional opportunities to protect the environment by engaging in glass recycling efforts, turning waste glass into usable products and keeping glass out of landfills,” says Flood.

Owens Corning has been successful in helping overcome roadblocks to increasing recycling efforts, such as a lack of recycling programs or technical re-use limitations. The company works closely with the recycling industry to prevent recyclable waste from going to landfills. In addition, using recycled content helps reduce Owens Corning’s energy use and CO2 emissions, as melting recycled glass requires significantly less energy.

In addition to their high recycled glass content, Owens Corning Fiberglas® insulation products help the environment in a number of ways:
• Every pound of glass fibre insulation annually saves 12 times more energy than was originally used to produce it.
• Customers insulating their attic to R-50 or topping up their attic insulation to 15” save half a ton of greenhouse gases per year, year after year.
• A wide range of Owens Corning Fiberglas® insulation products meet the requirements of  GREENGUARDSM and GREENGUARD Children and Schools – tested and certified to meet stringent criteria for indoor air quality.

To learn more about Owens Corning sustainability efforts, including recycling, visit www.owenscorning.com/sustainability

* Over 70 perecent recycled content, based on the average recycled glass content in all Owens Corning fiberglass batts, rolls, and unbonded loosefill insulation manufactured in Canada.
**Based on an average attic size of 1700 SF with existing R19 insulation, averaged over seven cities in Canada. The colour PINK is a registered trademark of Owens Corning ©2009 Owens Corning. All Rights Reserved.