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building products company with the potential to manufacture construction products such as pavers and brick cladding with high recycled glass content is being offered development support by the Waste & Resources Action Programme.

Bigwigs from Korean electronics giant Samsung have given their approval to a recycling plant on Merseyside, which will recycle old televisions and computer monitors.

The 18th China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition (China Glass 2007) will be staged at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on 16-19, May 2007.

GlassTech Asia 2007 will take place in Challenger Hall 1 of the Impact Arena Exhibition and Convention Centre from November 15-17.

One of the largest Unitary Authorities in the UK – Kirklees – is launching a new district-wide Recycling Plan, which should see kerbside glass collections increasing recycling rates from 21% to 28%.

Twenty-seven dealers from the Tri-State area and beyond will be displaying Depression Glass, elegant Art Glass, Fiestaware and Depression Era pottery on more than 120 tables.

Artist and architect Maya Lin for a two-day Visiting Artist residency in the Hot Shop on March 16 and 17, 2007. During her residency, Lin will direct with the Hot Shop Team as they experiment with creating hot-sculpted clear glass “water drop” forms.

In a major coup for the event, Pilkington Activ™ has demonstrated its commitment to the new-look Glassex with the announcement that it will sponsor the popular Conservatory Design Competition next March.

Recycling firm Recresco has confirmed that its state-of-the-art glass processing plant in Cheshire, capable of sorting 125,000 tonnes of glass a year, is now fully operational.

Glassex 2007 organisers are delighted to welcome the Shanghai Northglass Technology and Industry Company to this year’s show at the NEC.

Beer producer Adnams is aiming to reduce its impact on glass packaging waste by over 500 tonnes a year, with the launch of a new lightweight beer bottle.

The organisers of Glassex, the UK’s leading trade event for buyers and specifiers of glass and glazing-related products, are sending out a strong message to the public sector that it is ‘more than just a plastic windows show’.

It has taken more than six years in the planning process, but the five tower blocks that make up the Chalcots Estate in Swiss Cottage, North London are finally receiving a long awaited multi-million pound make-over.

Leviev Boymelgreen Marquis Developers of Florida has commissioned renowned artist Tom Patti to create a monumental wall sculpture for the garage façade of the Marquis luxury condominium – adding art and flair to Miami’s new cultural arts district.

Somerset County Council is backing a new television advertising campaign which encourages people to recycle more glass bottles and jars.

The container industry recycled record levels of glass in 2006, according to new industry figures – but worryingly the nation's growth in glass recycling has slowed.

Glass recycling is saving the country NT$525 million (US$16 million) in garbage disposal costs and creating NT$180 million worth of business opportunities per year, Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) officials said Tuesday.

The Glass Recycling Company is South Africa's new national organisation responsible for facilitating the recovery of waste glass for recycling, endorsed by the Ministry for Environmental Affairs and Tourism.

Select International, a global provider of human resource assessment solutions, was selected by Guardian Industries Corp. to assess prospective entry-level production and maintenance employees at plants in DeWitt, Iowa and Carleton, Michigan.

UK glassmakers have to accept that the supply of colour-separated collections will dwindle and find new ways of using more mixed glass, according to WRAP.

Two weeks into the new year, and the recycling industry is working overtime. The festive season created 750m extra glass bottles, most of which seemed to be lined up in my kitchen ready for the council to pick up.

A doorstep glass recycling scheme in two Northumberland villages is proving to be a success. BBC reported that around 1,400 households in Longhoughton and Shilbottle were given a plastic box for bottles and jars at the beginning of August.

Jeannine Warren is doing more than her part to "reduce, reuse and recycle." She's got at least five tons of green, brown and clear class pebbles atop a weed barrier with flower beds surrounding her central Kentucky home.