Tempered glass is recyclable but only at the manufacturing level. You can’t put it in your curbside recycling, but tempered glass byproducts can be de-tempered and repurposed in new products. So, yes, our claims of using 30% recycled glass are genuine, but we don’t want to create the impression you can simply chuck your old glass doors, cookware, or screen protectors into the recycling bin.

By using 30% recycled glass, we’re able to save a ton of sand, literally. Pure 3 is made from 42% sea sand—a highly coveted type of sand that’s also used in everything from concrete and ceramics to golf courses and sports fields. In comparison, our previous line of Pure 2 glass is made from roughly 60% sea sand. With Pure 3, we’re also using less virgin material for our alkali, aluminum oxide, and magnesium oxide additives. And with our competitors scrambling to develop their own recycled glass screen protectors, we’re making the entire industry more sustainable.

Probably about 15%. According to a recycled glass market research report from The Insight Partners, “every 10% of recycled glass or cullet used in production results in an ~5% reduction in carbon emissions.” While we don’t have independently verified numbers from our factories, this figure is in line with what our manufacturing partners are reporting from the production of our Pure 3 screen protectors.