Abstract: A glass container is provided having a glass tube with a first end and a second end and a glass bottom closing the second end. The glass tube has a longitudinal axis and has, in a direction from the first to the second end, a top region, a junction region, a neck region, a shoulder region, and a body region. The top region is at the first end and has an outer diameter (dt), the neck region has an outer diameter (dn) with dn<dt, the body region extends to the second end and has an outer diameter (db) with db>dt, and the glass tube in the body region has a thickness (lb). The outer contour in a transition area between the top and neck regions is defined by a radius of curvature. The glass containers have a neck squeeze test load of at least 1100 N.

Abstract: A method for obtaining recyclate from thermosetting materials, comprising the following method steps: providing thermosetting starting materials to be recycled; breaking the thermosetting starting materials with a twin-shaft shredder to obtain a plurality of fragments; shredding the fragments with a single-shaft shredder to obtain a plurality of flakes; and fine grinding of the flakes with a grinding device to obtain a recyclate powder.

Abstract: A ballast water treatment apparatus including a ballast water transport line configured to transport a ballast water main stream, a plasma generation device configured to generate an activated gas from a feed gas; and a mixing device. The plasma generation device includes a feed gas inlet for a feed gas, a first electrode and a second electrode, for activating the feed gas by an electric discharge between the first electrode and the second electrode thereby generating the activated gas, a cooling fluid passage for cooling the plasma generation device, the cooling fluid passage having a cooling fluid inlet and a cooling fluid outlet, the cooling fluid passage being fed with a cooling fluid, and a combining section being configured to combine the activated gas with the cooling fluid from the cooling fluid outlet to generate an activated fluid product. The mixing device is configured to mix the activated fluid product and the ballast water main stream.