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How to dispose of Glass (Bottles, Jars & Broken)

Steps

  1. Rinse glass bottles and jars — food residue contaminates recycling batches.
  2. Remove metal lids (recycle separately). Labels can stay on.
  3. Place in curbside recycling bin if your program accepts glass.
  4. Broken glass: Wrap in newspaper or cardboard, label 'BROKEN GLASS', and place in trash.
  5. Window glass, mirrors, and ceramics do NOT go in bottle recycling — different melting points.

Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality. One ton of recycled glass saves 1,300 pounds of sand.