6 Responses to Important information about recycling

1. John says:

   January 19, 2016 at 10:16 am

   Bob,
   The ‘Kitchenware’ photo above includes a glass. Does this mean glass including bottles is no longer collected as recycling?

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   • Bob says:

     January 19, 2016 at 10:35 am

     I don’t think drinking glasses, as opposed to bottles, has ever been a recycled item John.

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     • John says:

       January 19, 2016 at 12:06 pm

       Perhaps you could ask the recycling officer to clarify Bob. From a non-technical point of view glass is glass and what is the difference between a wine/beer bottle, jam jar, pickled onion bottle and a drinking glass? All of which I’ve been recycling for decades. In fact when I was a councillor in Southampton I got the recycling officers to include pictures of other types of glass, instead of just wine bottles, on the posters to try and increase the recycling rates.
     • Bob says:

       January 19, 2016 at 1:43 pm

       Here you are John… http://recycleforlewisham.com/2011/02/09/why-cant-i-recycle-drinking-glasses/
2. John says:

   January 19, 2016 at 4:03 pm

   Thank you Bob. Very informative, I knew pub glasses were strengthened, but was unaware domestic drinking glasses were as well.

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3. Steve Price (@wybble) says:

   January 20, 2016 at 11:05 am

   Cheers Bob. We have a large communal recycling bin up at Anderson Court and tenants are pretty good…though I still periodically post a notice on the main door just to remind people what can/ can’t be recycled. Sandwell is better at this than Birmingham I think cos over in Moseley (aka Muesli), where I used to live, there are just too many bins, so that on collection day some footpaths are completely unpassable without stepping into the road!

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