Glass
Commercial glass is made from liquid sand, waste glass, sodium carbonate and calcium carbonate, with added limestone. Sand melts at 1700_ to form glass.STARTING LIFE
Sand
END LIFE
MATERIAL USES
Drinks Packaging , Food Packaging , Homeware ,
PROS
Glass can be endlessly recycled without loss in quality! 80% of recovered glass is made into new glass products.
CONS
Manufacturing glass from raw materials is a high energy consuming process. Glass is heavy.
