Flat glass

Products: Flat glass with and without frame (windows), window panes, car windows, wired glass, mirror glass

Info: Glass is a material that can be melted down and re-melted into new glass products as often as necessary.

Avoiding/reducing: Minor damage on car windscreens (e.g. stone chipping) can be repaired by specialist companies. Collect flat glass separately from hollow glass (bottle glass), otherwise recycling is impossible.

Recycling/environmentally sound disposal: During processing, well-sorted glass is crushed in several stages and foreign materials such as wood and metal are separated by metal separators, air separators and sieves. The resulting glass cullet/powder can be re-melted and transformed into new products. Wood is used for energy, metals go to the metal industry.