• Characteristics of glass
• Applications of glass
• Recovery and disposal of glass
• Characteristics include transparency, colour and strength
• Design contexts in which different types of glass are used
The earliest found examples of glass objects come from the third millennium BCE, and up until the 1850s glass was considered a luxury item. Since then, glass has permeated and revolutionized many aspects of human life and culture in diverse fields such as the arts, architecture, electronics and communication technologies.