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Glass Sustainability

Glass is pure and sustainable packaging and this Glass Sustainability leaflet details how and why with regard to the material itself and its infinite recyclability.

Glass Recycling Code

The Glass Recycling Code is a 10 point best practice guide on how to best recycle glass. A copy of The Code is available by downloading a copy here.

Glass Chat

Glass Chat is a newsletter issued three or four times a year which keeps Local Authorities up to date with developments in glass recycling, resources, events, issues and legislation.

Glass Recycling Counts

As well as the wealth of information about recycling on this site the industry produces 'Glass Recycling Counts' a booklet that explains the benefits of glass recycling.

Local Authority Attitudes to Glass Recycling

Each year, British Glass conducts research into Local Authority attitudes into various aspects of glass recycling.

LCA Report Investigates Environmental Benefit of Recycling Glass

The lifecycle analysis project, undertaken by leading environmental consultancy Enviros, considers all aspects of the recycling process such as collection, transport, treatment and manufacture. The report looks into a range of the current uses for recycled glass: container manufacture, export, shot blast abrasive, water filtration, fluxing agent in brick manufacture, fibre glass and aggregates. The report converts the various environmental benefits into equivalent carbon dioxide (CO2) and shows how much saving each delivers.

The report concludes that closed-loop recycling of bottles and jars by the container industry, overwhelmingly delivers the best environmental benefit - even where glass is exported to other European container manufacturers.