Glass Bottles

Yes glass bottles can be reused and recycled.

REUSE

• You can reuse your glass bottles for liquids in refill shops across Brighton & Hove. 

RECYCLED
Where?

• Glass bottles can be included in your kerbside or communal bin recycling BUT in a separate bin. DO NOT include the metal lids, e.g. wine bottle lids, beer bottle lids, etc. See Metal Lids for for how to dispose of these correctly.
• You can take them to the Brighton Household Waste & Recycling site on Wilson Avenue or the Hove Household Waste & Recycling site on the Old Shoreham Road. See here for exact locations and opening times. For more details contact City Clean on 01273 292929.

How?

• Please make sure your glass bottles are clean.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Glass bottles are 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without any loss in purity or quality.
• Over a ton of natural resources are saved for every ton of glass recycled. 
• Learn more about glass recycling through British Glass and there's a really good infographic from the Glass Packaging Institute in America.