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Scott Miller Knauf Insulation

Mining Impacts -60%

Allowable Contamination Levels

Electric Melt Plants

• 0.125% Max organic

• 0.2% Max inorganic (ceramics)

• 0.1% Mirror glass

• 0.1% Max magnetic (iron)

Gas Melt Plants

• 0.5% Max organic

• 0.2% Max inorganic (ceramics)

• 0.1% Mirror glass

• 0.1% Max magnetic (iron)

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Knauf Insulation uses

10 railcars of crushed

recycled glass a day

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Question:

How many miles of fiber?

Recycling Facts

• Our technology allows us to get the equivalent of 3,500 miles of fiber from the glass yield of one typical beer bottle

• About the Distance from New York City to Paris

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