CONTENT1. INTRODUCTION ................................................. .................................................. ................ ........................ 32. RAW MATERIALS ...... ........ .............................................. ........................ .......................... ......................................... .......... ...... 33. MANUFACTURING PROCESS .............................. ......... .................................................. ....... .................................. 44. GLASS FAILURE .... .......... ........................................ .......................... ......................... ......................................... ........ ............. 65. IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT .......................... .... .................................................. ............ ............................................ 76. RECYCLING .......... ................................... ............................................... ............................................. ..... ........................... 87. CONCLUSION ............... .. .................................................. ............................................... .............................. ................... 88 . REFERENCES ........................ ................... ............................................... .................................................. ............ ......... 81. IntroductionGlass bottles and jars are used by the beverage, cosmetic or pharmaceutical industries as packaging material. Their durability and ability to keep product quality intact are some of the reasons why they are preferred over plastic bottles and make them an important packaging material. They are available in different shapes, colors and sizes as per requirement. Current demand is estimated at 21 million bottles and 8.75 million jars per year. This is expected to reach 43.8 million bottles per ......paper production environment. As the output of this industry is sold to other industries, this industry is very dependent on the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industry. The major challenge for the industry is to become more energy efficient in order to reduce energy consumption and air emissions. Recycling is an effective way to improve environmental performance and reduce production costs. Modern manufacturing methods and recent technological advancements have led to improvement in the environmental performance of the industry.8. REFERENCES[1] Profile on the production of glass bottles and cups, Southinvest[2] Reference document on the 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_by_material, Wikipedia8 | Page