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100% of waste glass is recycled or reused
All glass processed by Glass Designs Ltd is manufactured in the UK; this
guarantees source, quality and products for us and our customers. The manufacture
of glass makes relatively small demands on the environment, essentially using
minerals to produce a benign, non-toxic product which has many uses.
Although environmental impact is relatively minor, the glass industry continues to
make improvements: Energy consumption, which is closely linked to global warming,
has been halved over the past 20 years.
Despite this good performance, opportunities still exist to make further reductions.
Due to its efforts already made under the Climate Change Agreement, the glass industry
pays the reduced rate of 20% Climate Change Levy (still some £3.3m per year in
addition to the original cost of the energy). The industry is also fully committed
to a program of energy efficiency measures which will ensure continued improvements
to the year 2013.
A 2005 report "UK Glass Manufacture: A Mass Balance" provides detailed information
on the industry's use of primary raw materials, including energy, the volumes of
production and the ultimate fate of end-of-life glass.
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