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Glass is made by melting sand,soda ash,lime,some recycled glass in a furnance at 1900 degree celsius in a liquid state it is drawn on molten lead to make the glass surface flaâ¦t and allowed to cool for 36 hours before packing.(the green colour in th glass appears due the iron content in it)
The majority of common bottle glass is soda-lime glass which is primarily composed of silica, soda (aka soda-ash) or potash, and lime - the latter two ingredients often referred to as the alkalies (Hunter 1950; Toulouse 1969; Munsey 1970).