Environmental sustainability is important to Oceanit, which is always considering how to bring science and technology to some of the world’s most pressing sustainability problems — including something as common as “glass.” In 2014, Oceanit was asked by the Hawaii State Auditor’s office to examine alternatives to shipping non-deposit glass containers out of state for recycling. The study received acclaim in the press for its in-depth analysis of the feasibility of various local uses for post-consumer glass.

Click here to download the January 9, 2015 coverage of the study by Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter Richard Borreca, posted here with permission of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The full study from the Hawaii State Auditor’s Office is available online here.