The different categories of glass are:
•
Hollow glass:
vessels, preserves, be-
verages, chemical products…
•
Flat glass:
architecture, light and
translucent enclosures…
•
Other:
glass wool, optic fibre, semi-
conductor glasses…
After fulfilling their function, glass contai-
ners should be deposited in the appropriate
containers for recycling. Glass can be fully
recycled for an unlimited number of times.
FCC Ámbito collects the glass deposited in
the igloo-shaped containers and takes it to
the treatment plants situated in the Autono-
mous Community of Aragón (Cadrete and
Muel, both in Zaragoza) and in the Valencia
Autonomous Community (Sagunto).
A complex process
Glass recycling is a complex process that
must comply with quality requisites in order
to obtain a product with the appropriate
characteristics for each type of use, always
free of contamination and impurities such
as metal organic material, paper, plastic,
stones, ceramic, and porcelain.
FCC Ámbito’s plants feature the latest te-
chnologies to eliminate these impurities to
ensure that crushed glass, known as cullet,
complies with the quality required by glass
manufacturers.
Three types of cullet are obtained:
•
MIXED SCRAP GLASS: the raw ma-
terial for manufacturing new glass
containers (bottles, jars…)
•
INDUSTRIAL SCRAP GLASS: the
raw material for the manufacturing of
new glass products (flat glass, tiles for
swimming pools, glass wool, glass for
picture frames…)
•
VIDRIO FCC ÁMBITO - CRISMOL®:
for counter tops, blasting of façades
and metal surfaces, construction of
façades and pavements, decoration
of plant nurseries and landscaped
gardens, for filtering water…
Thanks to the quality management sys-
tem implemented at FCC Ámbito’s glass
facilities, the glass recycled at the plants
is not considered refuse but only recove-
red glass, complying with the guidelines of
Regulation (EU) 1179/2012 of the Com-
mission of the 10th of December of 2012
Hollow glass.
Flat glass.
Glass wool.
