Glass Manufacturing US EPA
Glass Manufacturing General15 Commercially produced glass can be classified as sodalime, lead, fused silica, borosilicate, or 96 percent silica. Sodalime glass, since it constitutes 77 percent of total glass production, is discussed here. Sodalime glass consists of sand, limestone, soda ash, and cullet (broken glass). The manufacture of such glass is in four phases: (1