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Collaboration remains key for climate aims
Congratulations to the Society of Glass Technology (SGT) for their hugely successful Furnace Solutions event earlier this month. The annual meeting was held in person for the first time in three years and for many people it was a chance to catch up with old friends. The success of the meeting is reflected in our five-page write up later in this issue. It was also the first time the event had been held in St Helens, UK, right next door to the Glass Futures building. The facility, still in construction, is something to behold. It is huge, about the same height as the adjacent St Helens rugby stadium and catches the eye. It will be the home of glass development not only for the UK glass industry but internationally as well. Delegates at Furnace Solutions spoke about the importance of collaboration, particularly after such a long absence of face to face meetings. Glass Futures is the epitome of this. It is a partnership of a number of companies from the UK, Europe, the USA and Asia. The talking point in the industry is decarbonisation and the use of renewable glass manufacturing before 2050 but ideally sooner. It is a huge challenge and one unlikely to be achieved by companies working in their own silos. Only by working together, and alongside neutral, disruptive organisations such as Glass Futures, is the industry likely to achieve its aims.
Glass safest packaging for food new research says
International research found that glass and ceramic packaging was the safest for food contact materials. Nearly 3000 chemicals can potentially leak from packaging into food, making human exposure to these chemicals highly probable. The study stated that of the 2881 Food Contact Chemi-
cals (FCCs) detected, only 47 were detected in glass & ceramic food contact materials (FCMs). Meanwhile, more than two thirds (1975) were identified in plastic FCMs, followed by paper & board (887). “The study shows that glass is safest among the packaging materials as it has virtually no
detected chemicals and therefore is the safest for human health,” said Adeline Farrelly, Secretary General of FEVE the EU federation of container glass producers. The majority of the FFCs (65%) found were unknown; they had not been recorded in any regulatory or industry list to date.
Knauf launches Nashville glass recycling initiative Knauf Insulation has been named the Official Glass Recycling Partner of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville, US. The fiberglass manufacturer will form a major glass recy-
cling initiative for the threeday festival of racing and music, as well as Nashville’s entertainment districts. The initiative will begin on July 1 at participating establishments in Broadway and in
Midtown, culminating August 5-7 with the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix at the Nissan Stadium campus. The company aims to collect 150,000 glass bottles throughout the month.
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