Profile: British Glass President
New British Glass President aims to give glass recyclers a voice Matthew Demmon* was appointed as the new President of British Glass at the start of 2021. George Lewis spoke to him about his appointment and what his objectives are for his two-year term.
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atthew Demmon has spent his whole career in the glass industry. Now entering his fourth decade in the sector he has experienced working on furnaces around the world at companies such as Guardian Glass and Encirc as well as glass recyclers such as Recresco and Viridor, before creating his own glass recycling company in 2013. Alongside his own career in the industry, Mr Demmon has worked with British Glass since the
“I’d like to increase our
late 1990s when he represented the domestic sector for newly formed climate change agreements. This type of work led to Mr Demmon being asked to be on the board of directors at British Glass. Despite being surprised to be asked to be President, it was a great honour and feels it is a good time to be in the role, he stated, with the industry focused on sustainability and using more recycled content, something Mr Demmon has worked on throughout his career.
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membership during my term, particularly with the recyclers and be able to represent their views properly as I don’t think they are properly represented yet
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� Matthew Demmon has worked in the glass industry for over 30 years, working on both the
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manufacturing of glass and now its recycling.
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