CONTENTS1. INTRODUCTION................................................ . .................................................. ................................. 32. RAW MATERIALS ................. ... ................................................ ..... ................................................. ....... ................ 33. PRODUCTION PROCESS ...................... .......... .......................................... ............ .................. 44. GLASS FAULT.... ........... .......................................... ......... ........................................... ....... ............. 65. IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT .................... ........... .......................................... ......... ........................... 76. RECYCLING................ .... ................................................ .. .................................................. ............................ 87. CONCLUSION .............. ..... ................................................ ... ................................................. . ................... 88. REFERENCES ................................ .................................................. .. ................................................ .... ........ 81. IntroductionGlass bottles and jars are used by the beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries as packaging material. Their sustainability and ability to keep the quality of the product intact are some of the reasons why they are preferred to plastic bottles and make them an important packaging material. They are available in various shapes, colors and sizes depending on your needs. Current demand is estimated at 21 million bottles and 8.75 million jars per year. This figure is expected to reach 43.8 million bottles per......middle of paper......production. Since the production of this sector is sold to other sectors, this sector is highly dependent on the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The main challenge for the industry is to become more energy efficient to reduce energy consumption and emissions into the atmosphere. Recycling is an effective way to improve environmental performance and reduce production costs. Modern production methods and recent technological advances have led to improvements in the environmental performance of the sector.8. REFERENCES[1] Profile on the production of glass bottles and glasses, Southinvest[2] Reference document on best available techniques in the glass manufacturing industry, December 2001, IPPC.[3] The future of glass forming technology for lightweight container manufacturing, WRAP.[4] Recycling_for_material, Wikipedia8 | Page