GLASS MARKET SITUATION IN ITALY 2011. GLASS RECYCLED in containers glass factories ( container +...

GLASS MARKET SITUATION GLASS MARKET SITUATION IN ITALYIN ITALY

20112011

GLASS RECYCLED in containers glass factories ( container + flat glass cullet ) Total : 2.052.000 ton (+ 7,55%)

•Container cullet : 1.682.000 ton (+ 6,2 %)•71 % mixed glass, 28 % half white and 1 % white

•Flat glass cullet : 278.000 ton IMPORT OF GLASS CULLET ( container + flat glass cullet )Total : 223.000 ton (+11 %) ITALIAN GLASS CONTAINERS PRODUCTION

Total 2011: 3.568.710 ton (+ 1,77%)Total 2010: 3.506.532 ton 

RECYCLING RATE ( calculated on Italian container production )57,5 % (54,40 % in 2010)

Cullet used in Container glass factories2.052.000 ton (+ 7,55 %)

Statistics of Co.Re.Ve (Consorzio Recuper Vetro):

1.682.000 ton collected packaging glass = + 6,2 % compared to 2010◦3 % other elements ◦total of impurities = 13 – 14%

Collection rate of glass, referred to the produced quantity of glass containers sold on the Italian market, is 72,94 %

Different systems of collection:Door – to – door collectionCollection in ‘Waste islands’Comingled collection (together with plastic and cans) - worst cullet quality

1.Glass collection stays below level in the centre and the south of the country2.System of auctions of container cullet have quite changed the market, even if a part of the market remains free.3.Glass factories need every year a better quality that imposes big investments in sorting machines4. Prospects of glass packaging are good but should be related to the economical situation in Italy.

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