Scientists found glass fragments inside the skull of a young man who died in Herculaneum when Mt. Vesuvius exploded in 79 CE.

But even more valuable was what lay beneath the plant – not gold, but deposits of high-quality silica sand ideal for making glass. Starting in 1926, Ford mined the fine white sand from tunnels ...

Pete Moe, executive director of The Exchange/Orcas Recycling Services, digs into the mound of cullet for test samples. Successful results could send Big Blue’s crushed glass to Bellingham for sidewalk ...

Canadian Premium Sand has revealed plans to build a solar glass factory in Selkirk, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The company said Selkirk was identified as a preferred location after the ...

Orcas Island’s trailblazing project to divert heavy, discarded glass away from destination landfills and back to the ...