Glass recycling
Glass is one of the simplest materials to recycle; there is no limit to the number of times a glass bottle can be sorted, crushed, melted and made back into a new bottle.
451,526 kg
of glass recycled in the last 30 days
How do we collect?
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Kerbside glass recycling sacks
- Good if you have little or no storage space
- Extra-strong, plastic sacks
- Supplied on a roll and purchased upfront
- Collections take place from the pavement outside your workplace (only available in certain areas)
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Glass Crates
- Good for collections from inside the workplace
- Regular or ad-hoc collections are available
- Keep your glass neat and tidy between collections
- We swap your full crate for a clean, empty one on each collection
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Wheeled bins
- Freshly washed bins are exchanged for your full ones, for ultimate hygiene
- Specially designed wheeled bins protect your staff from broken glass
What happens to your glass recycling
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We collect your glass bottles and jars in wheeled bins, sacks or crates
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Our specialist vehicle will collect your glass recycling from your premises
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Your glass is taken to a high tech glass reprocessing facility where it is crushed into cullet and sorted to remove contaminants
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The cullet is used in the manufacture of new glass bottles here in the UK
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We recycle glass bottles of any colour and size
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How do we collaborate with you?
We've perfected our approach to working with our clients over the last 30 years to maximise their recycling rates
