Post Time：Mar 09,2021Classify:Industry NewsView：1009
Glass Futures – the industry research and technology organisation behind the proposed Liverpool City Region Centre of Excellence – has lauded its first trial to create a sustainable glass bottle as an "incredible success".
The company joined forces with container manufacturer and filler Encirc to bring the research forward.
The results shows that the new bottles are able to be made from 100 per cent recycled glass, using only the energy from burning ultra-low-carbon biofuels.
It is hoped that the initiative will "pave the way for an industry-wide reduction in carbon emissions" as the glass sector moves away from fossil fuels and towards low-carbon alternatives.
More in-depth results from the trial, taking place at one of Encirc's plants, are expected in the coming weeks, with the project forming part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Energy Innovation Programme.
Aston Fuller, general manager of Glass Futures, said: "The trial is delivering fantastic results for the manufacturer, end user and consumer.
"Glass is a fully recyclable and highly sustainable product but through this trial we are beginning to see the dawn of Net Zero technologies with Encirc, with a full-scale trial of a new alternative low-carbon fuel.
"This is a precursor to the Glass Futures' Global Centre of Excellence, which is being delivered in St Helen's, where smaller scale trials will take place with even more innovative approaches."
Source: http://www.insidermedia.comAuthor: shangyi
