While it was originally used for jars, beads, and bowls, glass now serves numerous purposes, such as windows, shelves, lighting, appliances, fiber optic cables, and solar panels. The limited lifespan ...

Glass can be recycled infinitely without losing any of its properties. Why, then, are most countries — with the exception of those in Europe — still burying most of their glass as landfill by the ...

As FEVE’s ‘Close the Glass Loop’ recycling scheme is finalised, now is the time to prioritise all aspects of the recycling process, writes UK glass recycling company Recresco’s director Timothy Gent.

Physically speaking, glass is a rather unusual material. Most solid materials are significantly ‘ordered’ with their constituent molecules or atoms in a regular arrangement, repeating patterns called ...

Most types of glass can be recycled an endless number of times without losing purity or quality, but there are a few varieties that should stay out of your recycling bin. Here we look at the different ...

UPSTAIRS, GLASSWORKS’ SHOWROOM shimmers like a busted piñata of precious stones. Glittery jewels of light — amber, sapphire, pure transparent sunshine — radiate from piece after piece of handcrafted ...

The month of July was the hottest ever recorded. Carbon emissions are directly linked to rising temperatures, weather pattern disruption, and wildfires such as those that kept a third of the U.S.

In his Boyle Heights studio, Jaime Guerrero dips the tip of a long blowpipe into a 2,000-degree furnace and begins the process of inflating the glob of molten glass with little puffs of air.

This article focuses on the history of glass delamination and methods that detect it, both from a compendial and a research perspective. The appearance of visible flakes or glass lamellae in various ...