{"id":280,"date":"2018-09-26T08:55:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T08:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/gb\/ecology-gb\/know-what-you-can-recycle\/1"},"modified":"2024-08-28T05:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T05:08:28","slug":"know-what-you-can-recycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsofglass.com\/uk\/stories\/know-what-you-can-recycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Know what you can recycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div  class=\"custom-rich-text-block transparent\">\r\n    <div class=\"custom-rich-text spacing-top-2 spacing-bottom-2 global-container\">\r\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Recycle-Week-Social-Graphic-Twitter-Day2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Recycle-Week-Social-Graphic-Twitter-Day2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most local authorities accept glass bottles and jars as part of curb side recycling collections \u2013 you might be thinking about all the other types of glass you have around the home and wondering why they can\u2019t be collected in your household recycling.<\/p>\n<p>Your local authority\u2019s rules for what you can and can\u2019t put into household recycling might seem fussy but while glass in other items might look the same as bottles and jars \u2013 it can have significant differences and create problems if it\u2019s mixed with packaging glass for re-melt. And the difficulty is that, like us, most equipment that sorts glass at recycling centres can struggle to tell the difference.<\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s what can\u2019t go in your recycling bin:<\/h2>\n<h3>Glass cookware (eg heatproof jugs, Pyrex dishes, and microwave turntables)<\/h3>\n<p>These are made from borosilicate glass \u2013 a special type that withstands temperature changes. But it won\u2019t melt properly in most ordinary glass furnaces and can cause serious problems in the\u00a0production.<\/p>\n<h3>Light bulbs<\/h3>\n<p>These are made of a heatproof glass, are often coated with special substances and may contain metallic components. All of this can cause problems if they\u2019re re-melted with other types of glass.<\/p>\n<h3>Window glass<\/h3>\n<p>Glazing is often laminated or has been treated to make it tougher \u2013 and so it needs to be processed separately from other glass types if it\u2019s re-melted. Panes of window glass can often be recycled via separate collections at local recycling sites.<\/p>\n<h3>Drinking glasses and Vases<\/h3>\n<p>Some of these have a different composition to ordinary glass bottles and jars, they may even be made of lead crystal. These glass types will cause will cause problems and wastage in new glass if they get mixed into household recycling.<\/p>\n<h3>Nail varnish bottles<\/h3>\n<p>Nail varnish bottles are not normally accepted with bottles and jars. While the glass might be the right type, nail varnish contains chemicals which might not be compatible with the recycling equipment in your area. Normally if you clean it out thoroughly using nail polish remover, you can recycle the glass part of the bottle (not the lid\/brush).<\/p>\n<h3>Mirrors<\/h3>\n<p>The metallic coating on mirrors will cause contamination if it\u2019s mixed with other glass types. However many recycling sites do have a specific collection point for mirrors so that they can be properly processed separately. *<\/p>\n<h3>Spectacles<\/h3>\n<p>Don\u2019t put old sunglasses or spectacles in with your bottles and jars for recycling. They\u2019re not the same type of glass and have hard to remove metal components.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of glass other than bottles and jars can often be taken to local recycling sites with extra facilities \u2013 check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyclenow.com\/local-recycling\">Recycling Locator<\/a>\u00a0to find the most convenient place for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More people than ever are recycling and we couldn\u2019t be happier \u2013 the glass industry love to use recycled glass when they manufacture new containers but not all types of glass can be used in production. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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