Is Glass More Sustainable Than Plastic?
2023-06-21
The Speyer wine bottle is claimed to be the world’s oldest bottle of wine which is made of glass, dating back to between 325 and 350 AD. Glass’s broad usageContinue Reading
Recycling Glass From E-waste Into Glass Tiles
2021-12-06
Common Sands is a design initiative focusing on recycling glass from consumer gadgets and converting them into tiles that would otherwise wind up with electronic debris. Glass is sustainable fromContinue Reading
Glass Shortage Is Raising Cost & Delaying Solar Panel Production
2020-11-09
Solar panel producers like Longi Green Energy Technology Co., one of the world’s biggest solar power company says a shortage of glass is raising costs and delaying production of newContinue Reading
Sprinkling Glass – A New Way To Arrest Melting Of Arctic Ice
2020-09-26
Arctic ice is rapidly melting due to global warming, and that’s really bad news for the entire planet. Without its shiny ice, the Arctic reflects less sunlight, further heating upContinue Reading
“Solar Cells that Cost Little More than a Pane of Glass”
2018-05-18
If all works out well, practically any facility that manufactures glass could churn out low cost perovskite solar cells for local markets. Researchers at The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar EnergyContinue Reading