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Glass and Ceramics

Bring Banks : Find your nearest bring bank site

Beer bottles

Beer Bottles

Kerbside: These materials can be placed in your black box.
Flats: These can be placed in the wheelie bin with the green lid or in the green euro bin.
Reuse and Recycling Centres: These materials can be recycled at either centre.


Drinking glasses

Drinking Glasses

If in good condition, you can always donate the item to a local charity shop.

If broken, chipped etc. please dispose of in your normal household waste, ensuring that the item is wrapped in newspaper to protect the collection crews.


Glass food and jam jars

Glass Food and Jam Jars

Glass jars are useful for storing nails, screws etc. How about reusing jars and making home made jam.

Kerbside: These materials can be placed in your black box.
Flats: These can be placed in the wheelie bin with the green lid or in the green euro bin.
Reuse and Recycling Centres: These can be recycled at either centre.


Lightbulbs/fluorescent tubes

Lightbulb?Fluorescent Tubes

Use low energy light bulbs. They save energy as well as money on your bills. They also last 8 times longer so you won’t need to keep changing them and disposing of bulbs.

Reuse and Recycling Centres: We accept all lightbulbs and fluorescent tubes. Mercury from fluorescent tubes is safely recovered and all other materials are recycled.


Mirrors

Mirrors

If in good condition, you can always donate the item to a local charity shop.

Please dispose of in your normal household waste, ensuring that the item is wrapped in newspaper to protect the collection crews.


Plates and cups

Plates and Cups

If in good condition, you could donate them to a local charity shop.

If broken, chipped etc please dispose of in your normal household waste, ensuring that the item is wrapped in newspaper to protect the collection crews.


Pottery

Pottery

If in good condition, you could donate the item to a local charity shop.

If broken, chipped etc please dispose of in your normal household waste, ensuring that the item is wrapped in newspaper to protect the collection crews.


Pyrex or vision cookware

Pyrex or Vision Cookware

If in good condition, you could donate the item to a local charity shop.

If broken, chipped etc please dispose of in your normal household waste, ensuring that the item is wrapped in newspaper to protect the collection crews.


Spirit/liquor bottles

Spirit & Liquor Bottles

Kerbside: These materials can be placed in your black box.
Flats: These can be placed in the wheelie bin with the green lid or in the green euro bin.
Reuse and Recycling Centres: These can be recycled at either centre.


Windows

Windows

Reuse and Recycling Centre : Please dispose of in the household waste bays.


Windscreens

Windscreen

Reuse and Recycling Centre : Please dispose of in the household waste bays.


Wine bottles

Wine Bottles

Wine bottles can be used as a candle holder.

Kerbside: These materials can be placed in your black box.
Flats: These can be placed in the wheelie bin with the green lid or in the green euro bin.
Reuse and Recycling Centres: These can be recycled at either centre.


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