Morley Glass sustainability efforts recognised with award nomination

Morley Glass has been shortlisted in the Sustainability category of the Yorkshire Business of the Year Awards 2025.

Organised by BusinessDesk.com, the awards aim to celebrate the very best business successes from across the Yorkshire region. The judging process aims to identify the companies that the judges believe are innovating, disrupting and thriving.

IGU Recycling

The initiative was developed in 2021 by Morley Glass in conjunction with Saint-Gobain Glass. It has already generated around 2,000 tonnes of cullet (crushed glass) from post-consumer IGUs collected from integral blind customers.

Those customers are now able to divert their end-of-life glass away from the general waste skip into recycling.

The value of the cullet as a raw material has enabled Morley Glass to create a fund to support many charities, groups and individuals.

So far around 200 grants have been provided, for everything from primary school vegetable-growing projects to a community theatre company.

Ian Short, Managing Director of Morley Glass said: “It is fantastic to be shortlisted for the Business of the Year Awards and we are already looking forward to the awards ceremony.

“The calibre of the finalists across all categories is extremely high, reflecting the outstanding levels of entrepreneurship and creativity we are fortunate to have in our region, so it is an honour to be shortlisted.”

Sustainably speaking

To date, this volume of cullet has saved over 2,000 tonnes of CO² emissions overall from the glass manufacturing process. It has also saved over 1,100 ‘energy years’. Significantly, that is the amount of energy a typical home would use in a year.

It has also saved the need for more than 2,600 tonnes of sand. Sand is the main virgin raw material used for glass production.

In addition to the recycling scheme, the company also seeks to minimise waste by ensuring products are reused wherever possible.

It diverts its empty steel drums, used by its sealant supplier, away from recycling into re-use through a partnership with a waste management specialist.

And the thousands of wooden boxes used by its integral blinds partner Pellini S.p.A. every year are donated to good causes.

The Awards winners will be announced at a black tie awards evening in Leeds on 20 February 2025.

Find out more about the Morley Glass sustainability initiative at: www.morleyglass.co.uk.