Glass Bottles Accepted for Recycling

Accepted for Recycling

  • Wine / beer bottles
  • Bottled water bottles
  • Soft drink / fruit juice bottles
  • Rinsed glass container of condiment, sauce or food
  • Other rinsed glass containers

Not Accepted for Recycling

  • Drug / chemical containers
  • Light bulbs / fluorescent tubes
  • Mirrors
  • Glass windows and other glass construction materials
  • Non-glass items

How to clean glass bottles for recycling

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SOURCE SEPARATION

Separate recyclable glass bottle from general waste.

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REMOVE CAPS

To facilitate recycling work, please remove their caps which are made of other materials before putting glass bottles into recycling bins.

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EMPTY AND RINSE

To ensure the hygiene and the quality of recovered glass, please empty and rinse off any residual in glass bottle.

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RECYCLE

Put the clean glass bottle, without any cap or plastic bag into designated recycling bin.

Treatment at recycling plant

At the plant, glass bottles collected from the community go through processes of sorting, non-glass material removal, crushing and grinding. The resultant glass granules are conveyed for further recycling processing.
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Preliminary screening

Large non-glass materials and metal debris are removed

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Crushing

Glass bottles are crushed into pieces for further processing

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Post-crushing sorting

Non-glass materials (e.g. paper and plastic) and metal debris that remain after crushing are screened out

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Recycling

Processed glass pieces are ready to be recycled for other purposes (e.g. as raw material of eco-paver and land reclamation application)

Usage of recycled glass bottles

Glass is mainly composed of silicon dioxide, which is a natural resource like sand. Under normal circumstances, glass will not cause environmental pollution or have adverse effects on human health. Glass is highly suitable for reuse and recycling. It is an internationally recognized recyclable material. Glass can be used in the following ways:
  • Reused as containers
  • Recycled to new bottles and other glass products
  • Replace sand and other natural resources in construction material production (e.g. as raw material of eco-brick), concrete mixing, road paving and land reclamation.