OBRC: Big layoffs at glass plant will not imperil Bottle Bill

Despite a partial shutdown, Owens Brockway will continue taking Oregon’s glass for recycling. 

 

BY NIGEL JAQUISS

Oregon Journalism Project

Owens Brockway, the glass company that operates a recycling and manufacturing facility in Northeast Portland, announced Thursday morning, July 30, it will lay off 90 workers and close its bottle manufacturing line. 

That’s bad news for the state’s wobbly economy and tough for a company that is crucial to Oregon’s iconic Bottle Bill. (Owens Brockway…

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