Glass recycling is easy, fun and good for the environment. When recycling glass follow these simple steps:
• empty any remaining liquid from your bottles and jars
• remove any lids and caps. Labels do not need to be removed as they will be taken off in the recycling process.
• food jars should be rinsed to remove any residues from the container but they don't need to be completely spotless - remember water is precious too so a good rinse will do!
Encourage an adult in your house to take your bottles and jars to the “Newbawn Bring Centre” and put the bottles and jars into the colour coded bins i.e. clear, green and brown.
If you have blue bottles put them in with the green glass.
Sorting your bottles by colour is important as mixed glass has to be sorted afterwards which costs money and wastes a lot of energy.
Please do not leave bags, boxes or rubbish at your local bring site as this will attract vermin and cause a health risk to others using the “Newbawn Bring Centre.”
DO NOT put any plates, cups, saucers, pyrex or drinking containers into the bottle banks. As little as 1 cup in a skip load of bottles renders the whole load un-usable and destined for landfill. Pyrex is heat treated and so does not melt in the furnace. Drinking containers and glasses are made from different materials and again should not be deposited into the bottle banks.
If you follow these steps you will be doing a good bit for the environment but remember glass can be dangerous. Broken or sharp glass should only be handled with gloves and all glass sorting and re-cycling should really be done by an adult but you can lend your support and encouragement by educating them at home.
