How does recycling fit into the glass container manufacturing process?
Used Glass Containers (UGC’s) are a direct substitute of virgin materials. Glass recycling is not a “Johnny-Come-Latley” affair since scrap glass was used in the first lass manufacturing facility ay Colonial Jamestown. The use of UGCs in the modern glass plant no only reduces the need for allegedly abundant raw materials, but extends the life of capital intensive furnace by reducing energy consumption. This is an example of “closed-loop” recycling wherein glass containers are remelted into new containers again, and again, and again.
