Disposing of glass bottles and jars in your home recycling bins that are specially meant for collecting glass is very important when the waste material is taken to recycling center. Items such as Stackable recycling bins help in sorting the waste material efficiently and reducing time spent in recycling. Most curbside recycling bins and rollout carts are tough enough for the glass items. Glass bottles and jars accounts to 30% of the total waste and disposing them properly not only contributes in recycling but also helps to save energy.
Glass comes in three different colors: colorless, green and amber (brown); all of them are made differently and so cannot be recycled together. Metals, corks, plastics, ceramics, papers when mixed with glass cannot only result in substandard glass but can also cause damage to the furnace used to melt the glass mixture. Trying to recycle them together can lead to contamination and reduction in quality of the glass.
Almost every product made of glass i.e. glass containers, jars, medicine bottles, glass food containers are good for recycling. However mirrors, window glass, light bulb, glass table ware and products where glass is blended with other non-glass materials should not be recycled.
Tips to effectively dispose glass bottles and jars: