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Glass, Society and Environment (TC12)

Glass for a Sustainable Society

TC-12 is a Technical Committee of the International Commision on Glass.

The International Commission on Glass (ICG) is a non-profit international society of national scientific and technical organisations with particular interests in glass science and technology.

The aim of ICG is to promote and stimulate understanding and co-operation between glass experts in the fields of science and technology of glass as well as art, history and education.

The ICG achieves these objectives by organising technical committee (TCs) work (eg laboratory round robins, comparative studies, topical meetings), compiling information on glass (eg publishing scientific and technical papers, reports and books), and by sharing and disseminating knowledge on glass in advanced educational courses and workshops.

TC12 is concerned with the role of Glass in a Sustainable Society and particularly at this time with the issues of Climate Change.

The mission of TC12 is to offer a platform for the exchange of technical information on the benefits that glass products bring to society and the environment and to initiate, encourage and support promotion of the use of those products.

Click here to read more of the activies of TC12 in their 2008 Annual Report.

Press Releases

British Glass: Glass and the packaging strategy - why there is need for change

There has been a lot of focus on packaging recycling in recent years and the release of the Packaging Strategy consultation and the 2009 recycling performance figures have reignited this debate.

British Glass: Election Manifesto

The UK's glass industry employs around 100,000 people in primary, secondary and upstream/downstream activities. It is a vital industry in today's economy, creating a great range of products, many of which we take for granted.

New CEO for British Glass Manufacturers' Confederation

British Glass has announced that Dave Dalton is to be appointed CEO of the British Glass Manufacturers' Confederation, James Chisholm as CFO and John Stockdale is to be promoted to the position of Environmental Director.

New President of British Glass

The British Glass Manufacturers' Confederation is very pleased to announce that its new President is to be Stephen Pollock-Hill, Group Chairman and Managing Director of Nazeing Glass.

British Glass: Chancellor increases cost of British made climate change technology

In his Pre-budget report the chancellor effectively indicated through changes in tax rules that he would increase the cost of UK manufacture of essential basic materials for the construction of wind turbines, solar panels, photovoltaics, insulation and advanced thermal glazing.

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