Glass Recycling
Recycle all your glass with our easy and cost-effective glass recycling service for your business. Our glass recycling bins take all colours of glass, so leave the sorting to us and save your business money.
What is Glass Waste?
Glass recycling involves collecting and processing used glass materials - such as bottles and jars - to create new products, thereby reducing the need for virgin resources and minimizing environmental impact. Some of the key benefits of glass recycling is:
- Cost Savings: Reduces waste disposal costs by diverting glass materials from general waste streams.
- Environmental Conservation: Decreases the need for raw materials and conserves energy resources.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensures adherence to environmental regulations and demonstrates corporate social responsibility.
What we do?
We provide tailored general waste collection services designed to meet the unique needs of businesses, ensuring safe, reliable, and legal disposal with minimal disruption. By choosing Hurn Recycling, we will provide you with:
- Compliance: Adherence to all local and national waste management regulations.
- Flexibility: Customised collection schedules to suit your operational needs.
- Sustainability: Commitment to reducing landfill usage by promoting recycling and responsible waste disposal.
General Waste Collection and Disposal Bin Sizes
We first conduct a waste audit for your business. Once we have a full understanding of your business’s needs, we create a bespoke service tailored to your waste volumes and specific requirements. We offer flexible collection schedules, including daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly pickups and cater for businesses of all sizes. We offer the following range of bin sizes for glass waste collection:
- 240 Litre Glass waste bin
- 360 Litre Glass Waste Bin
What can be disposed of in Glass Recycling Bins?
Before recycling any glass, it needs to be empty and give a quick rinse - leftover liquid can contaminate other recyclables which may mean they aren't recycled. Put lids and caps back on - this reduces the chance of them getting lost during the sorting process as they can be recycled separately.
Bottles
Wine, beer, spirits etc
Jars
Sauces, jam, baby food etc
Non-food bottles
Perfumes, aftershave, facecreams
What cannot be disposed of in Glass Recycling Bins?
Ceramics
Crockery, earthenware
Drinking glasses
As they are often hardened glass
Glass cookware
Pyrex, microwave plates
Light bulbs and tubes
Vases
The most common contaminants found in glass recycling loads are black bags, drinking glasses, crockery, food waste, food-soiled packaging, sanitary waste (e.g. paper towels, napkins) and wine coolers. This waste is best collected through our general waste service instead.
Areas we cover
Our recycling centres are based in Bournemouth & Exeter. However, we offer recycling waste management and waste collection across Dorset & Devon alongside other surrounding counties such as Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Specifically in the following areas:
Dorset
BH Postcodes - Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Wimborne, Ferndown, Wareham, Swanage, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Blandford Forum, Verwood, Ringwood
DT Postcodes - Dorchester, Weymouth, Portland, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Blandford Forum
Devon
EX Postcodes – Covers Exeter (city), Broadclyst, Clyst St Mary, Silverton, Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Axminster, Honiton, Colyton
Hampshire
SO Postcodes – Totton, Lymington, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst, Hythe
SP Postcodes – Fordingbridge (SP6)
Wiltshire
SP1 & SP2 Postcodes – Covers Salisbury
The Benefits of Glass Recycling
By recycling glass, you're helping to reduce emissions of harmful gases that are normally produced when it is manufactured. This includes sulphur dioxide, which contributes to climate change, and nitrogen oxide, which is especially bad for health. When glass is recycled and reused for new bottles and jars, less energy is needed to make them, and the associated air pollution of glass production is reduced by 20%.
How Glass is Recycled
- First, the glass is crushed and any non-glass items that are mixed in are removed
- The crushed glass is then mixed with raw materials to colour and/or enhance properties
- The mixture is melted in a furnace
- Finally, the hot glass is moulded or blown into new bottles or jars
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Get in touch
Commercial Recycling and waste management in Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset. Serving the surrounding counties. Helping Businesses save money and reduce landfill since 1995.
We look forward to hearing from you by phone or email. Alternatively, you can complete our enquiry form and we will get right back to you.
- Bournemouth
Hurn Recycling Ltd, 452 Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6NW
- 01202 257530
- Exeter
Hurn Recycling Ltd, Greendale Business Park, Compound 67, Honey Lane, Woodbury Salterton, Exeter, EX5 1EW
- 01392 323316