website maker NSG Group is pleased to announce that for the first time, “UFF®” ultra-fine flat glass and “glanova®” chemically strengthened glass, manufactured in the Group’s Maizuru plant, Kyoto, Japan, have received Recycled Content Certification from SCS Global Services (SCS), third-party environmental sustainability certification and auditing organization. These glass products are used for a wide range of applications such as Electronics, Touch Panel Glass, cover glass, mobile devices, auto interiors, Office Automation and Factory Automation.
With this certification, it is now recognized by an independent organization that more than 35 percent of materials in “UFF®” and 38 percent in “glanova®” are made from pre-consumer recycled glass such as trimmed glass from the manufacturing processes of float glass. Although this certification is limited to some items of each brand, with the certification of these products as a stepping stone, NSG aims to develop a brand of environmentally friendly products that meet the needs of the market in the future.
In order to realize a sustainable society, it is essential to promote the reuse and recycling of resources in the manufacturing process to reduce environmental impact. NSG already has been reusing all glass cullet, which is trimmed glass scraps from the manufacturing processes, by remelting it as raw material for glass. Recently, the group has succeeded in enhancing the recycling ratio by collecting waste glass from customers in addition to collecting glass cullet in-house and recycling them as raw materials for glass.
This certification will improve the reliability of NSG’s product data in the environmental field and contribute to reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions associated with glass melting in addition to minimizing waste through recycling.
NSG Group has developed the Sustainability Policy and the Environmental Policy and seeks to manage environmental impacts while balancing the needs of all stakeholders and pursuing manufacturing process improvements and product innovations by incorporating resource recycling measures in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).