These Best Practices in Glass Recycling are proven methods and techniques for addressing specific technical issues in Glass Recycling. These summaries provide information, guidance, and references in the areas of materials sourcing, processing, product manufacturing, and end-use applications. This body of knowledge represents the experience gained from over 30 glass research projects, and represents cooperation from equipment providers, glass processors, recycled glass manufacturers, and industry experts.

Although the Best Practices focus on applications for recycled container glass, many of these uses are applicable to other sources of recycled glass, such as auto windshields, laboratory glass, and fluorescent light glass. Of course each end use requires knowledge of the appropriate grades of glass and may necessitate specific processing and manufacturing methods.