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Recycling broken glass
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I've broken a glass. It's in two neat pieces because it broke because of the hot water I think.
I would usually wrap it in newspaper or something like that, and then stick it in the black refuse bag. I presume it would then end up as landfill somewhere.
How could I recycle it instead? My council recycles glass bottles, but I presume they wouldn't be too happy if I sneaked a shard or two of broken glass into the container.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.More or less the only criterion is colour sorting. When the bins are emptied they are tipped into a truck which in turn tips its load at the collection centre. By this time it is quite impossible to tell what shape it initially came in - and that is immaterial anyway because it is all re-melted into a single mass for.....recycling/re-use. But always deposit pure glass, no wrapping, tops, corks, etc.