Fine Glass: A Valuable Resource

Glass has always been synonymous with quality and long life. All around the world, both high-quality and mass-produced products are filled into glass bottles. This reputation doesn't come from nothing: the filled product practically doesn't react at all with the container glass, with the latter providing protection against oxygen and other environmental effects. In this article the author discusses how the correct processing and sorting of fine glass can allow this waste product to be recycled back into the glass manufacturing process as a valuable resource.