The single-use glass packaging market is growing fast and is expected to generate hundreds of millions in revenue between 2025 and 2034, driving change in sustainable transportation. The market is expanding because of the growth of retail and e-commerce, rapid economic development, rising demand for premium packaging, the shift toward reducing plastic waste, and increasing demand from emerging markets. Industries like food and beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and personal care are also boosting the need for single-use glass packaging. These packages are made with high-quality finishes that make products more attractive. Adding smart technologies to single-use glass packaging is also expected to speed up market growth in the coming years.
Top Single-Use Glass Packaging Market Players
- Ardagh Group
- Owens-Illinois (O-I)
- Verallia
- Vidrala S.A.
- Piramal Glass
- Gerresheimer AG
- Schott AG
- Stölzle Glass Group
- AGI Glaspac
- Heinz-Glas
- Nihon Yamamura Glass
- Saverglass
- Vitro Packaging
- Vetropack Holding AG
- Hindusthan National Glass
- Wiegand-Glas
- Shandong Pharmaceutical Glass Co., Ltd.
- Zignago Vetro
- Beatson Clark
- SGD Pharma
Latest Announcement by Industry Leader
- In April 2025, Ardagh Glass Packaging-North America (AGP-North America), an operating business of Ardagh Group, announced a new long-term partnership with CAP Glass to invest in establishing glass recycling services throughout the United States. The collaboration with CAP Glass, one of the nations largest recyclers of glass, will divert tens of thousands of tons of glass from landfills by collecting, sorting, processing, and recycling glass bottles into high-quality cullet (recycled glass) for use in AGP-North Americas glass manufacturing process to make new, infinitely recyclable glass containers.
Recent Development
- In August 2024, Kentucky launched its first dedicated glass recycling program. The $350,000 glass processing initiative, RecycWell, is a collaborative partnership between O-I Glass, Workwell Industries, and multiple Kentucky distillers, including Suntory Global Spirits, Diageo North America, and Pernod Ricard, expected to create up to 10 new jobs in sorting, machine operation and materials handling for those in the community who have faced barriers to employment. The project will create Kentucky’s first dedicated glass recycling program and provide needed support to prepare end-of-life glass spirits packaging for recycling into new bottles.
- In February 2024, O-I Glass launched a 75cl bottle whose carbon footprint and approach to achieving carbon neutrality. With a weight of 390g and the use of 82% recycled glass in its manufacture, O-I says that the Estampe bottle obtains a carbon footprint of only 249g of CO2 equivalent, or 25% fewer carbon emissions compared to classic 500g bottles.
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