Smashing Sustainability Standards Home/News/Smashing Sustainability Standards Smashing Sustainability Standards With COP26 taking place, sustainability is at the forefront of most people’s minds, and we are thankful that we can utilise a material as sustainable as glass whilst developing our striking products. Glass is the perfect sustainable material due to its endless recyclability, but maintaining a high standard requires a certain knowledge set that we specialise in. Here at Allied, we are always striving to be at the forefront of sustainable glass packaging manufacturing. We are continually reviewing our own sustainable goals and strategies to keep us at the top of our game. Below are our top commitments and our immediate focus. Glass’ Sustainability Capability With industry commitments of a 90% collection rate by 2030, glass is striving towards becoming the perfect circular material. The reason glass is the ideal material to use for packaging is twofold. It keeps food and beverages that are packaged in glass fresh and offers health benefits not possible utilising other packaging types. It is also infinitely recyclable in all forms and colours, and there are no limits to how many times it can be collected, re-melted and made into new glass containers, all whilst maintaining its original properties. Decarbonisation is at the heart of many businesses’ plans for a sustainable future. And the glass industry is already well on the way with our understanding of decarbonisation and what action needs to be taken to improve this. Key components of the industry’s decarbonisation strategy are increasing glass recycling rates and the adoption of innovative furnace technology using renewable energy sources. The Allied Difference A tonne of raw materials being placed with a tonne of recycled glass removes 30% of the energy needed and an even higher percentage reduction in the amount of carbon emitted from the melting processes. When a tonne of glass is made from recycled glass instead of virgin raw materials, the energy required to produce that glass is reduced by 30%, and the associated carbon emissions are reduced by an even greater percentage. This is why we recycle everything we can. At Allied, any reject or broken glass is sent back to the beginning of the process to be recycled, so that we can maintain a zero-waste system from a glass perspective. At Allied we produce a broad range of coloured glasses including bespoke colours for customer’s key brands. We have developed and refined a unique process in which we recycle all coloured glass. By understanding the chemistry of coloured glass, we can recycle all our glass waste into new containers, as well as recycling a mix of coloured glass to produce new colours. Fantastic Future Goals Towards the end of 2020, into 2021 we published our sustainability targets for 2025, with a focus on our six sustainability pillars: Circular Economy Resource Efficiency Carbon Supply Chain Health & Wellbeing People & Communities This was the first time we externally communicated these goals. Our targets were, as ever, ambitious, and therefore we felt it imperative that we share it with our community and customers. Amongst other goals, we are dedicated to achieving: 20% reduction in carbon 20% reduction in energy 50% reduction in water consumption In order to achieve our goals we are planning significant changes before 2025, which will be supported by significant investment. You can read more about our processes and targets on our Sustainability page. Our Sustainability Team We truly value our team members and their opinion, and we strongly believe that sustainable innovations come through collaboration. And that is why we are introducing a Sustainability Steering Group into our workforce. This is a team which we will look to fill through volunteers. The group will come together on a regular basis (every 6-8 weeks) to provide an opportunity for idea brainstorming and contributing to the implementation of these ideas. We are looking forward to seeing what insight we gain from our new committee! If you are interested in developing a more eco-conscious bottle, get in contact with our team! 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