Ten green bottles hanging on the wall
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be nine green bottles hanging on the wall.
And one mess that needs cleaning up!
Glass can be melted down to make new bottles, jars and windows over and over again. This is called a “closed-loop” system. It creates no additional waste, everything recycled is brought back to create new products. In 2016, 71.4% of all UK packaging waste was either recycled or recovered.
Did you know:
The largest glass furnace produces over 1 million glass bottles and jars each day?
Now not every council is like Cardiff, who’ve recently put in a trial to give 17,000 properties a separate lockable bin for their glass recycling. Businesses like yourselves have a ton of glass and need to do something about it.
First things first.
What glass is recyclable?
Maybe you have a lot of broken glass?
Before you go about thinking it’s useless, you should know.
It’s all recyclable. The furnace just converts all the broken pieces into a liquid before they’re made up again.
Not all glass is the same. Some can withstand hot temperatures while others are used to hold cold beverages. The most common type you’ll find is “soda-lime-silica”, which is used for glass bottles and jars. There are other types that need recycling, the following have different properties:
Silicate glass – Heat resistant, think oven-proof dishes.
Lead glass – Decorative glassware such as windows, drinking glasses, and ornaments.
Glass fibre – Insulation, fibreglass and optic cabling.
In our career as a trusted waste provider, we’ve come across all types of rubbish needing rid of. Your glass is no different, and that’s where we come in to help.
Direct365 – Glass Recycling Service
There’s no reason for your business not to recycle your glass waste. But hold off just throwing it into the general waste bin. Glass is non-degradable, that’s the price paid for being endlessly reusable. That’s as complicated as it gets when you sign up for glass recycling.
Our service is straightforward as what you would do at home.
Just separate the glass from the rest of your waste.
With a flexible bin collection and competitively priced contacts, you’ll be saying goodbye to glass in no time.
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