UK - Recycled Glass and Recycled Glass Surface Uses discussed by Toughgaze UK.

In the last few years, the world has become so much more focused on clean energy including the importance of recycling and the use of recycled materials in building projects.

What is recycling?

Recycling is converting a waste product into reusable material to prevent it from being taken a landfill to break down over hundreds, if not thousands of years. Recycling ensures products are sorted and repurposed for another use, wherever they can be.

Why should we recycle?

This might seem like a common sense approach, however, there are still a lot of people who don’t recycle. For many who recycle, they do it because it makes them feel empowered as they are taking small steps towards a cleaner planet for our children, animals and the environment.

Recycling is hugely important as landfill waste has a negative impact on the natural environment. Harmful chemicals and greenhouse gasses are released from rubbish in landfill sites and recycling helps to reduce the pollution caused by waste.

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What is glass recycling?

Glass recycling is the processing of waste glass into usable products. Glass waste is separated by chemical composition, and then, depending on the end use and local processing capabilities, it might also be separated into different colours. Many recyclers collect different colours of glass separately as glass retains its colour after recycling. The most common types of glass used for consumer containers are colourless glass, green glass, and brown or amber glass. Glass is ideal for recycling as none of the material is degraded by normal use.

What can recycled glass be used for?

Glass bottles and jars are 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without any loss in purity or quality. The container and fibreglass industries collectively purchase 3 million tons of recycled glass annually, which is re-melted and repurposed for use in the production of new containers and fibreglass products. ToughGlaze uses 100% recycled glass in the production of products in our TG Manga range.

Toughglaze Recycled Glass

TG Magna is the newest innovative material to hit construction, architecture and design industries. The material is made entirely from 100% recycled glass from industrial glass production waste. Achieving a true circular eco outcome from its manufacture to the application.

The special optical characteristics of TG Magna come to the fore in many internal applications and the options are endless.

Backlighting – creates exciting design options, using RGB LEDs to generate colour palettes

Edge lighting worktops – creates a truly contemporary and softly lit worktop in homes and businesses

Complex shapes – offering the edge work as a feature of a worktop

If you would like any information on our TG Magna Recycled Glass, how it can be used, ideas and our service, please give us a call on 0208 8384400 and one of our experts will help with your specific enquiry.

Read our full article about recycled glass and recycled glass uses here: www.toughglaze.com/recycled-glass-surface-uses/