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Businesses in the glazing and window replacement sector are the latest to benefit from a series of WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) trials to improve recycling services for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
A new group has been established to address the problem of what to do with a mountain of recycled glass in New Zealand. Recyclers say glass recycling in the South Island is in crisis, with huge glass mountains piling up because it is too expensive…
International trade fair for window and facade fensterbau/frontale 2006, which takes place together with Holz-Handwerk in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 22-25 March 2006, has two premières to offer this year.The first one is expert discussion…
EMAP Maclaren, organiser of Glassex, has announced advanced sales for the 2006 event are well ahead of the previous event year-on-year.
GlassTech Asia, the 5th International Glass Products, Glass Manufacturing, Processing & Materials Exhibition and Conference, gave Thailand’s and the region’s glass makers convenient access to relevant glass making technology and equipment from…
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) together with Conference & Exhibitions Management Services Pte Ltd, Singapore Glass Association and Thai Glass Dealers Association will organise “GLASSTECH ASIA 2005” for the first time in…
Thai glass manufacturers will no longer need to fly to Singapore to attend GlassTech Asia 2005 as it has been moved to Bangkok by its organizer Conference & Exhibitions Management Services (CEMS), Singapore Glass Association and Thai Glass…
As RFID tags' use become more prevalent, with source tagging of individual packs on the horizon, trade federation British Glass is advocating more work to tackle the potentially serious problem of recycling glass bottles that may still contain…
Leelanau County's seven recycling collection sites will no longer accept any type of glass. The county collected brown, green and clear glass during previous years but will stop doing so because of changes in the county's processing…
The Big Recycle campaign has been launched across the UK in a bid to tackle the landfill crisis. The government is trying to induce more people to adopt recycling as a way of life as it seeks to control the ever-growing waste mountain.
Major glass users in New Zealand have agreed to pay a voluntary levy on imported glass to cover a shortfall between the costs of collecting the glass and the price paid for it by glass recyclers.
Major glass users in New Zealand have agreed to pay a voluntary levy on imported glass to cover a shortfall between the costs of collecting the glass and the price paid for it by glass recyclers.
Glass and beverage companies, consumer groups and government yesterday launched a national glass recycling campaign that follows the plastic bag recycling campaign launched two years ago.
A step towards ending glass pollution in South Africa was taken on Thursday, when deputy environment minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi signed a memorandum of understanding with business on glass recycling.
Stockpiles of glass are piling up around the country after the only glass reprocessor slashed its price for used glass.
The amount of recycled glass used in making new containers has increased by more than ten times over the past year, according to figures released by trade confederation British Glass.
New figures from British Glass have revealed a 17% increase in the amount of UK glass packaging recycled in 2004 compared to the previous year.
At the NAHB Green Building Conference at Atlanta, Owens Corning today announced that its line of fiber glass insulation products has been certified to contain an average of 35 percent recycled content by leading third-party certifier Scientific…
As early as next month, Wichita residents may have a new place to take their empty cereal boxes, milk jugs, old newspapers and glass bottles.
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Desert Glass Products, LLC has announced the mid-June 2003 opening of a new full-service glass fabrication plant in North Las Vegas, Nev.
Etching is an easy and inexpensive way to add new life to glass. Try it on windows, mirrors or glass front cabinets.Remember safety first.