U.K. Introduces 'Unbreakable' Pint Glasses

Shatter-proof pint glasses are to be introduced to British pubs and clubs in an attempt to cut alcohol-related violence.

Designers hope they can reduce the number of glass attacks which cost the NHS an estimated £2.7 billion each year.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson heralded the glasses as a step forward in fighting the problem.

Accordin to Dailymail.Co.Uk, Design Bridge, the company behind the prototypes, say the glasses are safer than those in pubs and clubs for two main reasons.

As well as being difficult to smash, if they are broken then any dangerous shards are held together by a layer of resin.

The Glass Plus design has a thin layer of resin on the inside, while the Twin Wall model has two layers of glass bound together by resin.