Glass

Glass is one of the most recyclable materials in the world, which means every piece of glass that goes to a landfill site represents a lost opportunity. Separating and recycling used glass bottles and jars provides an opportunity to process and use the glass locally. Once recycled, your glass waste can be used in road making, decreasing transport costs and emissions and providing local economic benefit.

Waste Sense can work with you to implement a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable solution for recycling your glass waste. We can also help you to minimise your volumes of glass waste, reducing not only the frequency of your waste collections but also your storage and collection costs.

Why should you separate glass waste?

While it can take around one million years for a glass bottle to break down in a landfill site, this material is 100% recyclable and can be recycled indefinitely. In fact, the same piece of glass can be recycled over 1 million times. Recycling glass waste can also save between 25-30% of the energy needed to make glass out of new materials. For every tonne of glass that’s recycled, approximately 225 kg of carbon dioxide is saved. Most glass products in Australia hold between 40-70% recyclable glass.

Smart glass recycling solutions

Recycling unwanted or broken glass is one of the many ways that we can all help to reduce pollution and waste. If your business has large amounts of glass to recycle, it makes sense to hire a professional removal company. Waste Sense can source the best recycling options so that you can achieve the best cost and sustainability outcomes. Our services cover all recycling removal, including timber, metal, concrete and construction materials, as well as plastic, mixed paper and cardboard and commingled recycling.

833,000 tonnes

of plastic packaging consumed each year

50 Million tonnes

of waste produced by Australians annually

1 tonne

of recycled paper and cardboard saves 13 tress