Specialist Glass Products is committed to reducing carbon emissions where possible and is passionate about supporting the UK’s 2050 target to reduce overall emissions by at least 80%.
With this in mind, we’re well-educated on the process of recycling glass, and how essential it is to bring it back to life for use again and again in other projects.
The general recycling process sees glass taken to a treatment plant to be removed of any impurities, where it is then crushed, melted down and remoulded for its second lease of life.
This is made possible because glass is 100% recyclable and does not degrade during this procedure, so it can continue to go through this process over and over again. A number of iconic buildings across the world have utilised recycled glass saving a significant account in emissions, including and all the glass we use at SGP is made with a certain percentage of recycled glass.
Glass produced through the process of recycling reduces air pollution by 20% and water pollution by 50% when compared with the process of making glass from scratch. Recycling glass products also reduces landfill space, but with 200,000 tonnes of glass sent to landfill nationally every year, the industry still has a long way to go.
Glass recycling is also important when dealing with end-of-life building glass. Although the recycling of building glass is often overlooked, the impact in doing so could be huge for the environment in saving resources and reducing CO2 emissions.
Specialist Glass Products is committed to encouraging this practice, and where possible, using recycled materials and manufactures glass that results in an easily recyclable product so that they continue to have another lease of life.
