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What's Happening from Environmental Building News
January 1, 1993
Fiberglass Manufacturers Incorporate Recycled Glass
All three of the major fiberglass manufacturers are now using some amount of recycled glass in their insulation. Manville, which has been most active in promoting its use of recycled glass, claims a recycled content of approximately 30%, all of which is post-consumer recycled glass beverage containers. “By opting to use recycled glass in our insulation, we’re helping builders, contractors and architects address consumers’ environmental concerns,” said Reed Larson, Technical Services Manager at the Building Insulation Division of Schuller International, maker of Manville insulation. Every truckload of insulation leaving one of Manville’s four plants contains roughly 1 1⁄ 2 tons of recycled glass, and a typical house insulated with Manville fiberglass contains glass from about 600 recycled beverage containers, according to the company....
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