noun
- broken or waste glass that is melted down and reused in making new glass
Usage: technical
Examples
- The glass factory uses cullet to reduce manufacturing costs.
- Adding cullet to the furnace helps lower the melting temperature.
- Recycled bottles are processed into cullet before being remelted.
- The company collects cullet from various sources to make new containers.
- Using cullet in glass production is more environmentally friendly.
- The quality of cullet affects the final glass product.