glass containers are made from sand, limestone, soda ash, cullet crushed bottles, and various additives, including those used to color brown, green or blue bottles.more than half of the bottles produced in the united states are brown. clear also known as flint bottles are the next largest in production. most of the remainder are green with a small amount of blue or other colors.in 2013, approximately 27.5 billion glass containers were made in the united states. almost 80 percent were beverage containers, three quarters of which were beer bottles.