The France recycled glass market is estimated to record a CAGR of 4.61% in terms of volume and 5.74% in terms of revenue during the forecast period, 2022-2028, and is expected to reach $310.34 million by 2028.

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In France, glass bottles are the most in-demand form of packaging for wine manufacturers. For instance, O-I Glass’s Vayres plant uses glass wine bottles made from 80% recycled materials, including recycled glass. Also, the country has around 7 glass recycling facilities that manufacture recycled products like glass powders and cullets. Additionally, Saint-Gobain Glass France uses 30% cullet and is set to achieve 50% by 2025. Besides, the government’s current draft bill on climate change & resilience is projected to introduce Deposit Return Schemes (DRS) for glass packaging in the country. Such factors contribute to the France recycled glass market growth.

At the same time, France trails in comparison to other European countries with regard to EU targets on waste management. As per Eurostat data, the country generated 527 kg per capita of municipal waste in 2018. However, the Energy Transition Act of 2015 aims to improve recycling rates by at least 10% by 2020. In addition, in 2015, France was among the top six-nation states for ‘composting,’ using waste to create energy, behind Austria, Denmark, Holland, Luxembourg, and Germany. Moreover, a new waste management strategy and a waste management policy have been in place since 2007 with a detailed stakeholder engagement process, termed the ‘Grenelle Environnement,’ encompassing a vast range of environmental issues, including waste management.

The France recycled glass market segmentation includes application and product. The product category includes glass powder, crushed glass, and cullet.

Glass recycling entails crushing glass and remelting it to form cullet. Cullet comprises defective products rejected and detected through the quality control process during manufacturing. It is also a waste glass collected or reprocessed for the recycling process. The glass batch usually contains 25-60% cullet. This has the same composition as that of the mineral mixture.

The rising use of cullet for recycling glass is a key growth driver of the recycled glass market. Almost 1 million tons of glass waste is transformed into 1 million tons of cullet products annually. These products are sorted and processed based on color through the use of sorting technology to create low levels of impurities.

Crushed glass has lesser production and freight costs due to its lightweight as compared to natural sand. Also, many large organizations have approved the use of crushed glass as an abrasive. In addition, crushed glass recycled from used bottles is non-toxic, has no free silica, and is evaluated as safe for blasting projects.

Furthermore, it offers an abrasive used as a substitute for silica sand. Besides, recycled crushed glass finds use in construction applications. It can be used to replace gravel and sand when crushed finely. The key applications of crushed glass include the production of insulation materials, backfill for trenches, pipes, and foundations, mixing concrete, etc.

Some of the prominent firms operating in the France recycled glass market include SOLOVER AS, Verallia Group, SRPV Industriels, Maltha Glass Recycling Group, Sibelco Green Solutions, etc.

Verallia Société Anonyme sells and manufactures glass packaging products for the food and beverage industries globally. The company sells still & sparkling wines, soft drinks, beers, food, and spirits in jars and bottles. It has made recycling one of its sustainable development policies. The company has its headquarters in Courbevoie, France.

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