Glass bottles and jars
Recycle at home
Recycle out of home
Yes, glass bottles and jars can be recycled at some out of home recycling points.
Which glass items can be recycled?
Bottles of any colour, e.g. wine, beer, spirits
Jars, e.g. sauces, jam, baby food
Non-food bottles, e.g. perfume, aftershave, face creams
Which glass items can't be recycled?
Ceramics, e.g. crockery, earthenware
Drinking glasses
Glass cookware, e.g. Pyrex, microwave plates
Light bulbs and tubes
Vases
How to recycle glass
- 1
Empty and give a quick rinse - leftover liquid can contaminate other recyclables which may mean they aren't recycled.
- 2
Put lids and caps back on - this reduces the chance of them getting lost during the sorting process as they can be recycled separately.
- 3
Corks should be removed from bottles before they are recycled but can be home composted.
- 4
At bottle banks, blue glass goes in with green glass.
- 5
Don't put glass milk bottles into a bottle bank or in your glass recycling. If your milk is delivered in glass bottles you should always return them to your milkman.
Good to know
Perfume bottles and aftershave bottles are often missed from recycling collections. Help rescue them so they can be transformed into brand new glass bottles.