Clean glass and remove lids since it is a different material. Metal lids can be recycled but plastic go in the trash. (Cleaning doesn’t mean pristine–a good rinse can usually be enough)
No drinking glasses, ceramics, dishes, mirrors, window glass, or light bulbs.
Drop Off Is Best: While beverage and jar glass is allowed in the curbside cart, the best way to recycle glass is by dropping of at the Burbank Recycle Center.
To maintain optimal commodity value, glass is sold by color and drop off allows the colors from getting mixed when it breaks. (Mixed broken glass is recycled but is very low value.) Mixed glass shards also contaminate other commodities like paper bales.
Recycle Only Your Empties
Dump or rinse out any leftover food or drink before recycling empty glass jars. Sticky food or liquid residue can contaminate a batch of recycling.
Recycle Jar Lids Separately
Separate jar lids from glass jars when you recycle them.Recycle themseparately because they are made from different materials.
Ways to Reuse
Organize Your Home
Try organizing your house by using old glass jars and bottles. Lidded glassware can hold anything — hardware, office supplies, arts and craft supplies, seeds, spices or other dry goods. See this list for more ideas.
Turn Jars Into Gifts
Use jars you have on hand to create little homemade gifts. They can be used to hold baking mixes, spice mixes, trail mix, hot cocoa mix, loose leaf tea, candles, oil or LED lamps, plants and more.
