Why glass?
Glass keeps our favourite food and drinks tasting pure and the flavours fresh, without unwanted chemicals creeping in over time. It’s the only packaging material that’s both inert and endlessly recyclable into new bottles and jars, without any loss in quality. That’s why we believe that choosing and recycling more products in glass can help us to live healthier lives, while being mindful of our impact on the planet.
Health benefits
Made from ingredients found in nature – sand, soda ash and limestone, along with recycled glass – glass is inert, non-toxic, and needs no chemicals or plastic linings to protect what’s inside.
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Environmental benefits
Widely recycled, reusable and refillable, most of the glass collected in Europe goes back into production, helping to reduce the carbon footprint of glassmaking.
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Taste & quality benefits
For food, drinks, condiments and preserves that retain all of the original flavour, glass stands for quality, inside and out.
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History of glass
From today’s high-tech furnace innovations to secretive medieval guilds, and as far back as the Romans’ discovery of craft glassblowing, glass has thousands of years of heritage to discover.
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Hear stories from the community and discover all the reasons why glass is better for us, as part of a more intentional lifestyle.
Three Great Flavored-Water Recipes
We all overdo it a little bit during the Christmas holidays, which tends to leave us feeling tired and sluggish. The best thing you can do to detox after Christmas is to put the champagne glasses back in the cupboard and drink lots of water instead.
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It’s Recycle Week – are you missing tricks?
This year Recycle Week takes place 22-28 June, the theme is recycling around the home and Friends of Glass wants to help you recycle more, by highlighting glass items in the home that can be recycled but sometimes get overlooked
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Healthy lunch on the go, in glass jars!
It’s January and for many of us this month heralds the inevitable backlash against the indulgence of food and drink during the Christmas period. While there’s no shortage of advice on getting fit and healthy: gyms, the latest diets and the new super-foods, the expense, time and effort these things take can be overwhelming.
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Discover how you can make an impact
From how we live at home to how we show up for the planet, our everyday choices can be the starting point for a more sustainable future.
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Glass is so much more than just a bottle or jar.
A bottle isn’t just a bottle. A jar isn’t just a jar. Glass is much more than the ingredients it’s made from or the product it holds – it’s a guardian of taste, an infinite shape-shifter, and a creative canvas.