Glass and the Environment

Green means many things these days, but when it means more money in your pocket AND a reduced impact on the environment, you really can't go wrong. Want more 'green' to add to your bottom line? Use Euro Glass Restorations glass scratch removal services to address damage where it happens, when it happens. You can streamline your processes and stay on schedule by: Reducing scrap ratios, product defects and customer returns Eliminating costly reworks Improving efficiencies throughout your production process Want to keep our planet 'green'? Using Euro Glass Restorations technicians to quickly and easily remove damage from glass keeps it in the supply chain and out of the landfill. You can also eliminate the additional labor and energy costs of producing a new piece of glass. It's a win-win!

Environmental Credentials

Euro Glass Restoration specialise in repairing glass therefore saving having to replace it.

Why do we repair?

It takes approximately 1 million years for glass to break down in a landfill.
A considerable amount of energy is required to transform raw materials into glass. It takes 15.2 million BTU's of energy to produce 1 ton of glass. That is equal to 7,600 BTU's for one pound of glass! In addition, the manufacturing of one ton of glass can generate as much as 385 pounds of mining waste and 28 pounds of air pollutants. Like other materials, glass manufacturing and usage has negative impacts on the environment.

Air Pollutants

• Estimated Weight 300 Million Pounds(US)

• Average Weight 25 Lbs.

• 4 Pounds Mining Waste Per Pound Of Glass Waste Per Year

• 12 Billions Pounds of Mining Waste Per Year

Energy Consumption

• Estimated Weight 300 Million Pounds(US)

• Average Weight 25 Lbs.

• 7600 BTU''s Per Pound

• 2,280,000,000,000 BTU''s Per Year

How can repairing glass with impact our environment?
By decreasing the amount of glass that goes into landfills, and reducing the need for the new glass manufacturing and transportation process. How can you make an impact?

Did you know that:

• Glass takes more than 1 million years to decompose in our landfills. California Department of Conservation
• The transportation of glass, which is a relatively heavy product, throughout the supply chain results in high levels of transport-related CO2 emmissions. Advances in Glasses and Glass-Ceramics, Frost & Sullivan, 2006
• Glass manufacturing is a high-temperature, energy-intensive activity, resulting in the emission of combustion by-products (sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxides) and the high-temperature oxidation of atmospheric nitrogen. Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Glass Manufacturing, World Bank Group
• It takes 15.2 million BTUs of energy to produce one ton of glass . The manufacturing of one ton of glass can generate as much as 385 pounds of mining waste and 28 pounds of air pollutants. Like the production of other materials, glass manufacturing and usage has negative impacts on the environment. The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation