The environmental benefits of thin glass for display substrates

Abstract— There is an ever‐increasing societal expectation to reduce the amount of atmospheric carbon created by human activity. This pressure has resulted in both mandatory government regulations and voluntary industry initiatives. There are also increasing expectations to reduce the amount of noxious or undesirable elements and chemicals used in the manufacturing of products and in the products themselves. As a supplier of substrate glass to the display industry, Corning has proactively responded to these expectations in a variety of ways. For example, Corning provides the most environmentally friendly LCD glass, EAGLE XG® substrate glass, which has no added heavy metals or halides. In addition, the introduction of EAGLE XG® Slim substrates will have significant benefits in reducing the amount of carbon used in the production and transportation of glass substrates and of the products incorporating them. In this paper, several environmental benefits of moving to thin glass substrates are demonstrated: the reduction of carbon created in the manufacturing of glass, the reduction of carbon created in the transportation of glass and the products containing glass, and the elimination or reduction of noxious chemicals used in the thinning of display panels.