Recycled or waste glass that is melted down and reused in glassmaking.
From French 'culée' or Italian 'culla'; the term entered English glassmaking vocabulary around the 17th century for discarded glass pieces.
Modern glassmakers use cullet to save energy, but this practice is centuries old—medieval glassmakers invented recycling long before environmentalism!
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