Can broken bottles and jars be recycled?
Broken bottles and glass are accepted in bottle banks as this is what will happen to them during the recycling process anyway. There are a number of things that are not accepted in bottle banks whether broken or not. The items that cannot be accepted are: • Window panes • Light bulbs • Pyrex (or visionware) cooking dishes • Glass crockery • Crystal • White opaque bottles • Laboratory and medical glass The reason these items are rejected from the loads is due to the fact that they melt at a higher temperature to normal glass. This means that when the furnace melts the glass, pieces of the unacceptable material will be left unchanged and will ruin the quality of any bottles etc made from it.
