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VDMA: Recycling flat glass – circular economy with potential
VDMA: Recycling flat glass – circular economy with potential
| Sustainability and the circular economy are increasingly influencing work and production processes in glass manufacturing, too.
The input materials for glass production: 60% cullet, 29% sand, 5% soda, 4.5% lime, 1.5% dolomite and feldspar - Illustration: Federal Asscoiation of the Glass Industry
Glass Production and Sustainability
| The use of renewable energies will play a role at “glasstec 2020” as well as at its special show “glass technology live” held in Düsseldorf from 20 to 23 October 2020.
Figure 1: The Burrell Collection at opening © Burrell Collection
Rethinking the Life-cycle of Architectural Glass
| Re-thinking the life-cycle of architectural glass brings together recent research into the economic, technical, environmental and logistical viability of closed-loop construction glass recycling.
Raising our glasses to the glass industry!
Glasstec Specialist Article: Raising our glasses to the glass industry!
| Current product trends and innovations in production will be presented by manufacturers at glasstec 2018.