All households in Shropshire have access to a kerbside collection of glass and you can also recycle glass at our network of bottle banks and at the Household Recycling Centres.
What glass can be accepted for recycling?
All glass bottles and jars can be put out for the kerbside recycling collection or taken to a bottle bank. It doesnt matter what colour it is, so long as its a bottle or a jar. Please remove the metal lids/caps (and add these to your metal recycling).
What glass can't be accepted for recycling?
- Window glass
- Glass tableware
- Light bulbs
- Glass ovenware and ceramics
What happens to the glass bottles and jars?
All the glass collected in Shropshire goes to Recresco Ltd in Ellesmere Port for recycling. The site is (literally) next door to Quinn Glass who are one of the leading manufacturers of glass bottles in the UK.
Why recycle glass?
Not only does it help keep a huge amount of waste glass out of landfill, but recycling reduces the need for more raw materials to be taken out of the ground in order to make new glass. Making glass from recycled 'cullet' like this is also much less energy intensive, so much so that recycling a single glass bottle saves enough energy to power a 100 watt light bulb for an hour!