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Date: 5 May 2021Source: www.glass-futures.org
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Date: 5 May 2021
Glass Futures has appointed Italian glass engineers Stara Glass S.p.A to design its 30tonne/pd experimental Research & Development furnace.
Glass Futures has appointed Italian glass engineers Stara Glass S.p.A to design its 30tonne/pd experimental Research & Development furnace – the core of Glass Futures Global Centre of Excellence being built in St Helens in the UK.
Stara Glass is part of the Hydra Group of companies which provides depth across the glass industry supply chain including equipment, construction, warm up, and R&D . Based in Genoa, northern Italy, the Stara Glass team also has close ties with the city’s renowned university.
Diageo plans sustainable glass bottle production 9th April, 2021 by Nicola Carruthers
Johnnie Walker owner Diageo participated in a pilot project that reduced the carbon footprint of a glass whisky bottle by up to 90%.
Diageo used Black & White whisky bottles for the pilot project
Diageo partnered with glass manufacturer Encirc and research and technology body Glass Futures on the project, which used the firm’s Black & White Scotch brand as the test subject.
The project saw the use of a waste-based powered furnace to cut the carbon footprint of a glass bottle by up to 90%.
The pilot produced 173,000 Black & White bottles using 100% recycled glass – making the batch the most environmentally-friendly ever made for a Scotch brand.
An aerial CGI image of what the Glass Futures site could look like A PROPOSED global centre of excellence will put St Helens “at the heart of the global glass industry”, MPs in the House of Commons have heard today. Part of the £54 million Glass Futures project, the centre of excellence will have the first openly accessible, multi-disciplinary experimental glass melting facility for research and development trials in the world. It will be capable of producing 30 tonnes of glass per day and will aim to revolutionise and ultimately eliminate CO2 from glass production. The nationally and globally significant project was a pivotal component of St Helens’ bid to the government’s £3.6 billion Towns Fund.