Ardagh Group and Spiritus Movens Design Studio in Poland has been selected by Polish Cider Lubelski to design bottle. The result of their work is a new, lightweighted glass bottle with unique embossing designed for Cider Lubelski - the ...
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Glass packaging provider Allied Glass has designed a new bottle for Blackwoods’ new spirit range. Blackwoods, which is owned by Hi-Spirits, is claimed to be the world’s first vintage gin, made with harvested Shetland ...
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Jones Soda will celebrate 21 years in business this summer with the Pacific Northwest release of Spiked Jones, the first ever alcoholic hard cider-soda beverage. Created in collaboration with Jeff Bland, the award-winning cider maker for ...
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The window is a key element in the design of sacred spaces. Coloured glass was used in Gothic cathedrals to bathe the church interior in a "divine" light that makes reference to the afterlife. Even in the 20th century the church window is ...
The Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority started collecting glass for recycling again on Monday. It's been collected on and off for the past ten years, but about six months ago it had to stop due to a lack of space and funding. Now ...
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Soda lime glass is basically colorless. Metals and oxides can be added to glass to change its color during the glass blowing, molding or machine production process. The following additives make the distinctive colors: •Red glass: ...
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Just outside director Lynn Piotrowicz’s office, sunlight filters green through a stained-glass window, throwing tinted rays onto the wall in the Tucker Free Library. Inside Piotrowicz’s office, she has pinned black-and-white ...
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Are beer drinkers more environmentally conscious than wine drinkers? Not to whine about wine, but the recycling rate for wine bottles is 34 percent nationwide versus 41 percent for beer and soda bottles, according to the Glass Packaging ...
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For many Hongkongers, a typhoon signal late in the week might cause concern over the weekend's junk boat trip or long-awaited alfresco wedding. Others may be pleased that they can get a day off work. But for April Lai, the head of Green ...
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PARKERSBURG - In recent months several West Virginia counties have reconsidered or changed their glass recycling programs, but Parkersburg officials say they will continue to accept glass recyclables locally. Parkersburg Mayor Bob Newell ...
Studio Swine’s new lighting collection uses mindfully crafted materials combined with white and green glass beverage bottles and LED light strips to produce an illuminating retro meets metro glow. This natural exploration of wooden ...
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A set of three brilliant, glittering stained glass windows are nestled under a large window facing Washington Avenue in downtown Pulaski. One might think the windows are common, and churches are often famous for their elaborate stained ...
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Infrared lasers are increasingly being used in medicine and industry. In order to protect the eyes from injuries, special filter glass is needed. SCHOTT’s 1 mm thin band-pass filter VG20 shows strong absorption in the near infrared ...
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A major challenge that organic and sustainable brands face is how to break through the green glass ceiling. How can such brands break out of their niche status and gain a mainstream following? How can they maintain their core green values, ...
Toronto, Mississauga and the GTA need their glass consciousness raised. Building experts say resiliency and energy efficiency are going out the window with all those floor-to-ceiling glass walls being installed in the city's towering ...
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