{"id":582,"date":"2024-04-23T06:34:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsofglass-dev.thedemo.is\/?page_id=582"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:31:18","slug":"why-glass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsofglass.com\/why-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Glass?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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WHY GLASS?<\/p>\r\n

We believe glass is the clear choice for healthy packaging that helps us to live better. <\/h1>\r\n
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\n\n\n\n\n<\/g>\n\n\n<\/defs>\n<\/svg>Health<\/h2>\r\n

Thanks to its inert qualities, glass can be trusted to shield and protect any food, beverage, perfume, or medicine \u2013 so you can be sure that taste, quality and nutrition stay as they should. That\u2019s what makes it the healthy packaging choice.<\/p>\r\n Learn more\n \n<\/svg><\/a>\r\n \r\n\r\n

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Glass packaging is a safe, single-layer material, made from ingredients found in nature \u2013 no chemicals or plastic linings needed!<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Once produced, a glass bottle becomes the\u202fmain resource needed to produce new bottles\u202f\u2013 meaning the\u202fmore recycled content that can be used through improving recycling and furnace technology, the more we can reduce our need\u202ffor virgin raw materials.<\/p>\r\n Learn more\n \n<\/svg><\/a>\r\n \r\n\r\n

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The same glass material can be recycled again and again into new bottles and jars, without losing any\u202fquality.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Why do drinks taste better in glass? Unlike other materials, glass doesn\u2019t need any extra layers, synthetic chemicals or additives to protect what\u2019s inside. Whether it\u2019s cola, beer, milk or wine, experience the full flavour \u2013 choose glass. <\/p>\r\n Learn more\n \n<\/svg><\/a>\r\n \r\n\r\n

DID YOU KNOW?<\/p>\r\n

Glass is \u201cinert\u201d. That means that there are no chemical reactions between product and packaging.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Shaped by bold, powerful and iconic design, glass has been used to make a statement for thousands of years. Glass isn\u2019t just beautiful \u2013 it magni\ufb01es beauty and elevates brands.<\/p>\r\n Learn more\n \n<\/svg><\/a>\r\n \r\n\r\n

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More and more producers are using recycled glass, switching to renewable energy and designing lighter bottles to make glass manufacturing more sustainable.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Who invented glass? Where does glass come from? It\u2019s no accident that glass containers have been used for thousands of years, and why it continues to stand the test of time.<\/p>\r\n Learn more\n \n<\/svg><\/a>\r\n \r\n\r\n

DID YOU KNOW?<\/p>\r\n

The first known glass objects date to 3500 BCE in Mesopotamia (now Iraq). But historians believe that the history of glass making goes as far back as ancient Egypt, 5,000 years ago!<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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