Do glass bottles have to be separated by color when recycling?
It depends on your local recycling program. Glass is more valuable if it’s kept color separated at the source, but in many curbside programs glass bottles and jars are collected mixed. At drop-off programs, however, clear, brown, and green glass may be collected in separate containers, which makes the recycled glass more valuable to the end market. Color sorted glass allows the industry to ensure that new bottles match the color standards required by glass container customers to make new bottles and jars.
