Glass recycling box

What goes in your red box?

Your kerbside box is for the collection of glass bottles and jars.

Yes

• Wine bottles
• Cooking sauce jars
• Jam jars
• Beer bottles
• Coffee jars
• Ketchup bottles
• Baby food jars

No

• Drinking glasses
• Spectacles
• Pyrex dishes
• Sheet glass / greenhouse / window glass
• Crockery
• Tea-light candle holders
• Broken glass

Using your glass recycling box

• Remove wine bottle corks and jar lids. These cannot be recycled as part of this service so put these in your grey bin.
• Rinse glass bottles and jars clean.
• Place items straight into your box. Do not use carrier bags or bin liners.
• Do not fill your box too full.
• Your glass box will be emptied every fortnight.

Recycling other glass items

• Ceramic ornaments or glass dishes in good condition can be donated to a local charity shop.
• Broken crockery can be recycled in the rubble skip at your local Household Waste Recycling Centre. 
• Broken glass and mirrors should be placed in your grey bin for disposal.