Glass Futures brings together a global supply chain with common problems, to enable a revolutionary change in glass manufacture.

By working together, we can support the delivery of a multi vector energy system that will drive clean growth, deliver investment and jobs and help to build a better future for communities and businesses. A not-for-profit membership organisation, Glass Futures connects the global glass industry and academia to deliver R&D and innovation, ensuring glass making’s future is built on high value and fully sustainable, zero-carbon products.

In collaboration with the worldwide glass industry, Glass Futures has built the world’s first openly accessible, commercially available, multi-disciplinary glass melting facility, The Global Centre of Excellence in St Helens, UK with provision for research and development trials to decarbonise the international glass and foundation industries.

The 165,000 sq ft state-of-the-art facility is capable of producing up to 30 tonnes of glass per day in a purposefully designed research and development furnace. It’s collaborative network of glass manufacturers, suppliers, researchers, and industry leaders come together to experiment with different energy sources, raw materials and technologies to demonstrate solutions leading to sustainable energy usage in the glass-making process.

To find out more, please visit https://www.glass-futures.org/