The glass container making industry could replace an extra one million tonnes of raw material with cullet thanks to new equipment, a leading UK manufacturer has predicted, writes Kate Freeman.

Innov-X Systems, Woburn, Mass., and Austria-based BT-Wolfgang Binder GmbH have entered into an OEM agreement to develop and market a new high-volume sorting system designed to separate heat-resistant ...

WasteServ said Saturday it has successfully processed and made available 3,000 tonnes of glass cullet, equivalent to more than 13 million glass bottles. This marks the first time such high-quality ...

The UKs glass recycling industry is at a crossroads in terms of future direction as more local authorities opt to collect packaging glass mixed and process it through materials recycling facilities or ...

S+S Separation and Sorting Technology GmbH of Schönberg, Germany, has launched its new K9 Flash glass sorting system at IFAT ENTSORGA 2012. A new development used in the recycling of thin-sheet, ...

The glass industry has four major segments. The container glass segment produces glass packaging products, such as bottles and jars. The flat glass (or float glass) segment produces windows for ...

The glass recycling market is expected to gain more traction in the forthcoming years and Europe is expected to lead the race in glass recycling. Globally, cullet accounts for more than 60 percent of ...

Ardagh Glass Packaging-North America (AGP-North America), a division of Ardagh Group, has entered into a long-term agreement with CAP Glass to enhance glass recycling services across the US. This ...