Glass is separated into 3 colours: green, brown and clear.
Take great care when handling broken glass, wear gloves if possible.
Deposit glass at your nearest recycling bank by throwing them into the appropriate container.
Many supermarkets have glass-recycling banks, enabling you to recycle glass on your weekly shop.
Most home recycle bins, provided by your local council, usually accept glass.
Make sure you wash out the bottle or jar before putting it into recycling bins.
Reuse glass whenever possible. Jars can be used as small containers and bottles can be used as vases.
Metal is usually separated into 2 groups: aluminium and steel.
You can test which metal your waste is by using a magnet. Aluminium metal is non-magnetic whereas steel is magnetic.
There may be a symbol, such as an alu mark, on the product to indicate what metal it is made from.
Drink cans are usually made from aluminium and food cans are usually made from steel.
Most home recycling bins, provided by your local council, usually accept metal.
Deposit used cans at your local recycling bank.
Make sure drink and food cans are clean before recycling.
Aerosol containers can be recycled, but only when they are completely empty.
Metallic plastic film, such as chocolate wrappers, cannot be recycled.
Find out if there is a ‘cash for cans’ scheme operating near you.