Glass
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Cold‑End Coating (Glass)
This coating is typically applied during the production of glass packaging and makes the glass smoother, reducing the risk of damage. The containers slide more easily past each other and along the gui ...
Glass bath
The glass bath is the term for the part of the furnace where the glass is melted.
Heat-resistant glass
Heat-resistant glass (also known as safety glass), including heat-resistant laboratory glass, oven dishes, cooktops, glass from washing machine and microwave doors, and glass pan lids. It is made usin ...
Hollow glass (container glass)
Bottles, jars, bowls, and drinking glasses are examples of hollow glass, also referred to as container glass. Hollow glass is mostly sourced from municipal collection, recycling centers, the hospitali ...
CPS (ceramics, porcelain, stone)
A collection of contaminants in glass recycling.
Crystal glass (lead glass)
Glass with a high concentration of lead, such as glass used for decanters, wine glasses, or TV glass. By adding PbO (lead oxide), the melting point of the glass is lowered and the refractive index, br ...
Flat glass
Flat glass, such as window panes, wired and insulation glass, car windows, and mirrors, comes from, among other sources, greenhouses, buildings, and vehicles. Flat glass is supplied through recycling ...
Mixed glass
A mixture of colored glass pieces.
Good recyclable packaging
Packaging that has been assessed using the Recycle Check, and where all details of the packaging are optimally suited for recycling. This makes it "good recyclable" according to the definition of recy ...
Hot-end coating
This coating is applied as standard during the production of glass containers, shortly after they come out of the mold while still hot, and helps reduce strength loss that may occur during manufacturi ...
Opal glass
White, non-transparent glass. It is produced by adding fluorine to the glass.
Milk glass
See opal glass
Clear glass
Transparent, colorless glass. It is also called flint glass.
Target material
The target material is the material that ultimately needs to be recycled into a new raw material. In most cases, this is the most prevalent material in the disposal unit, often the material of the mai ...
Recyclability
Definition of recyclability (before August 12 2026)Recyclability concerns the extent to which packaging or a disposable unit can be processed by the current system of collecting, sorting, and rec ...
Secondary material
Materials that are not the target material form the secondary stream. These can affect the processability of the target material, but can also be recycled themselves if they are properly matched (desi ...