As industries, businesses and politicians make strong commitments to initiatives like the European Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, consumers all over Europe are taking more and more steps to reduce their environmental footprint – and latest figures from the glass industry show that awareness of...
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Sand is a very important resource to produce glass containers. However, the European Container Glass industry is highly committed to reduce its use wherever possible by replacing it with recycled glass and to ensure that when it is used, sand is sustainably and locally sourced. Sand used in the container glass...
The US Glass Packaging Institute (GPI), the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE), and the European Federation of Glass Recyclers (FERVER) released the following statement to thank all employees for their determination and commitment to keep glass manufacturing supplying essential industries during the COVID-19...
For the first time ever, European container glass manufacturers have come together to build the world’s first large-scale hybrid electric furnace to run on 80% green electricity. The industry’s collective ‘Furnace of the Future’ pilot project is a breakthrough technology that will allow us to switch to...
The European Container Glass Industry fully supports the recently published Commission Circular Economy roadmap and action plan The glass packaging sector is committed to collaborate with the Commission to achieve its goals and objectives and we call for support to our industry in this effort. An efficient EU...
EPR schemes across europe join forces with close the Glass Loop to promote circularity of glass packaging. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Organizations across Europe are committed to increasing the quality and efficiency of the glass recycling value chain through separate collection, quality recycling and...
FERVER – the European Federation of Glass Recyclers – joins “Close the Glass Loop” – the major industry stewardship programme for glass packaging recently kicked-off by FEVE If one major target of the platform is to reach a post-consumer glass container collection target of 90 percent, the other one is to ensure that...