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Role of Recycling in Glass Fiber Manufacturing

Manufacturers of glass-fiber insulation can use recycled glass. Owens Corning's glass fiber has 40% recycled glass. A recycling program begun in 2009 in Kansas City, Kansas, will ship crushed recycled glass, called cullet, to the Owens Corning plant that will use it as raw material for glass-fiber making.

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