This weekly roundup highlights the ceramic, glass, refractories, brick and related news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week.

This will represent a somewhat slower pace than that recorded during the 2010-2015 period.

Net sales in the 2016 third quarter were $1.7 billion, up 9% from the prior year’s third quarter.

Today in the U.S., 10 states operate beverage container deposit refund programs (BCDRPs), which provide the most consistent source of quality recycled glass (cullet) for the glass container industry. It’s estimated that these programs supply anywhere from 65-80% of the recycled glass used to make new bottles and jars. Similar to sand, soda ash and limestone, recycled glass is a critical manufacturing input.

Growth will be sustained by continued, albeit moderate, increases in global wine production.

Net sales in the second quarter of 2016 were $1.8 billion, up $217 million (or 14%) from the prior year’s second quarter.

The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI), along with beverage leaders—including Diageo and New Belgium Brewing—and the glass processing and recycling industries, have gathered a dynamic group of organizations to advance glass recycling in the U.S. Called the U.S. Glass Recycling Coalition, the nearly two dozen member organizations will aim to make glass recycling a successful industry, as well as the efficient, high-quality, and convenient service consumers want and expect.

This weekly roundup highlights the ceramic, glass, refractories, brick and related news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week.

The four Ardagh Group manufacturing facilities are located in Bridgeton, N.J.; Dunkirk, Ind.; Madera, Calif.; and Milford, Mass.

U.S. growth in glass product consumption is expected to accelerate to 3.5% in the medium term.