In the wilderness, the glass magnifies the light of the sun onto the dried out ground, which can spark a fire. The same principle applies to water bottles when they are left in your car. A clear ...

The ins and outs of glass recycling aren’t always so clear. Glass bottles get broken when they’re recycled, but you don’t want to break them too soon. Other types of glass should not be ...

Q: I do not know the origin of this lovely old green bottle, but I do know it was used as a water bottle for 25 years and kept in the refrigerator. During that time, the green glass was clear.

You should definitely detect some skunk in the lightstruck beer. With clear, green or blue bottles, the glass doesn’t filter out the ultraviolet and blue wavelengths that start the skunking ...

prompting brewers to use green bottles as an alternative. While green glass offers more protection than clear glass, it ...

This was because the clear glass allowed UV rays to penetrate the beer and alter the flavour. The solution was turning bottles brown, a darker colour which would block out the rays. After World ...

Have you ever cracked open a bottle of beer, poured it into a clear glass and ... opted for darkly tinted glass. It’s why you see so many beers in brown glass bottles today.

Oh, beads in the plastic bag also turned colors. So, from this experiment brown glass bottles block UV light but green and clear do not. Yes. It's a simple experiment. It would be the start of a ...