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Background Heterogeneous glass-based waste is a growing problem in Europe. In 2008, 25.5 billion glass bottles and jars, and almost 11.5 million tonnes of glass packaging were collected in the EU27. Properly sorted glass waste can be re-melted to produce new glass products, or for use in secondary markets, including in the production of ceramics, insulati ...

Among the activities presented in the seven subsectors of the metals production, the EU-27’s forging, metal coating and mechanical engineering sector is one of the largest composed by 158000 enterprises providing employment for 1,4 million persons (Eurostat 2006). Challenges faced by this EU’s sector therefore have direct and indirect consequences on many other economy’s parts. A Communication (CO ...